World Leading Medicine Maker Opens New Plant In China

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World Leading Medicine Maker Opens New Plant In China

Danish diabetes pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk opened a new factory Wednesday in Tianjin, a port municipality in north China.

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Danish diabetes pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk opened a new factory Wednesday in Tianjin, a port municipality in north China.

As a world leader in diabetes care, Novo Nordisk has a history of over 80 years in insulin research and production. The company first established a factory in Tianjin in 1996 and began building the new factory in May last year.

The new factory in the Tianjin Economic Development Area occupies an area of 40,000 square meters. Novo Nordisk invested 30million yuan in the first stage of construction.

Kare Schultz, chief operational officer of Novo Nordisk, said the company has many manufacturing bases in the world, but not allof them achieve satisfactory success.

However, Schultz said, the company has been operating smoothly in China thanks to the support and cooperation of the Chinese government at all levels.

Though the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)somewhat affected the business of Novo Nordisk, Schultz said, the company's commitment to increase investment in China remains unchanged.

Li Yong, director of the administrative commission of the Tianjin Economic Development Area, said he hoped more and more foreign enterprises could come to invest in Tianjin.

According to Thorkil K. Christensen, president of Novo Nordisk's China Regional Office, the company will start a training programtargeted at doctors and nurses in the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China, on Thursday.

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