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Novo Nordisk is one of the globe's biggest drug companies. It's a major player in providing diabetes treatments and is often included in dividend portfolios.
However, patent expirations and new drugs from competitors such as Eli Lilly are pressuring Novo to spend more on its research pipeline. As a result, dividend investors are right to question whether the risk of sliding sales threatens Novo's dividend payout.
In the following slideshow you'll see whether I think Novo's dividend is safe and gain insight into how the company's dividend yield matches up with industry peers Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca .
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