Diabetes centre opens in Tórshavn

Friday afternoon saw the official opening of the so-called Steno diabetes centre in Tórshavn.

The centre, which will be used for treatment and research, will be temporarily located at the National Hospital’s outpatient clinic.

In 2018, the Novo Nordisk Foundation offered to pay DKK 121 million over the next ten years to open a diabetes research centre in the Faroes.

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After a period of hesitation from the Faroese authorities, the previous government signed a cooperation agreement with the Novo Nordisk Foundation with the aim of opening the clinic at the start of this year.

Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, who heads the Novo Nordisk Foundation, says that in addition to treating and preventing diabetes, the new centre will provide good research opportunities which will greatly complement the extensive body of genetic research already carried out in the Faroes.

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