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New funding for collaborative diabetes research across Denmark and North America
The projects cover a broad range of topics, from the potential link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease and possible treatments for both conditions to the role of genetic variants in the development of neuropathy among…
Novo Nordisk Foundation awards DKK 123 million for establishing Steno Diabetes Center Faroe Islands
The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Ministry of Health of the Faroe Islands, Heilsumálaráðiráð, have entered into a long-term collaboration that will strengthen treatment of and research into diabetes and other endocrine disorders in the…
Collaboration paves the way for a new diabetes centre in the Faroe Islands
The Novo Nordisk Foundation and Heilsumálaráðið, the Faroese Ministry of Health, have approved a draft vision to strengthen initiatives to combat diabetes and other endocrine diseases in the Faroe Islands. The focal point of the…
The Novo Nordisk Foundation awards DKK 382 million to strengthen initiatives on diabetes and other lifestyle-related diseases in Greenland
The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Government of Greenland have entered into a long-term collaboration to strengthen the prevention and treatment of diabetes and other selected lifestyle-related diseases in Greenland. The Foundation’s Board of Directors…
Novo Nordisk Foundation awards DKK 835.4 million to strengthen diabetes initiatives in Region Zealand
The Foundation’s grant is based on a detailed project plan for establishing and operating the centre. On 20 August 2018, a broad political majority in the Zealand Regional Council approved the project plan, which was…
Novo Nordisk Foundation awards DKK 795 million to strengthen diabetes initiatives in the North Denmark Region
On 7 December 2017, the Board of Directors of the Novo Nordisk Foundation approved a grant of DKK 795 million (€106 million) for the North Denmark Region to strengthen the diabetes initiatives in the region.…
Novo Nordisk Foundation awards DKK 2.8 billion to strengthen diabetes initiatives in Denmark
On 5 September 2017, the Board of Directors of the Novo Nordisk Foundation approved grants of DKK 1.4 billion (€188 million) to the Region of Southern Denmark and DKK 1.4 billion (€188 million) to the…
Novo Nordisk Foundation approves a vision statement for Steno Diabetes Center North Denmark
“We are pleased that agreement has been reached on a framework for a vision for diabetes initiatives in the North Denmark Region. The Foundation’s goal is that this new measure will improve treatment, research and…
Winning project for Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen announced
In a press release by the Capital Region of Denmark, the assessment committee stated that the winning project proposal “has inviting architecture that provides a high-quality and attractive daily working environment. The overall design completely…
The Board of the Novo Nordisk Foundation has approved the draft vision for Steno Diabetes Centers in Odense and Aarhus
“We are very pleased that we have been able to agree on the framework for a vision that can improve the treatment of, research on and prevention of diabetes to benefit people with diabetes in…
The Novo Nordisk Foundation gives DKK 2.945 billion to improve the treatment of people with diabetes
The Board made this decision after the Capital Region of Denmark approved a detailed plan for establishing and operating the centre on 17 May 2016. Sten Scheibye, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Novo Nordisk…
DKK 2.8 billion for new diabetes centre in Copenhagen
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is making this plan possible by a grant of up to DKK 2.8 billion (€375 million) from now until 2029. The grant is the Foundation’s largest single award to date. “We have…