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Structural reform is needed in Europe, Japan: Novo Nordisk CFO

2:10 AM ET Wed, 21 Sept 2016

Jesper Brandgaard, chief financial officer at Novo Nordisk, shares his views on central banks and says politicians are deferring the pain of essential reforms.

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