Novo Nordisk to license experimental GLP-1 pill from China's Hengrui ↧ ↧ Novo Nordisk to license experimental GLP-1 pill from China's Hengrui Novo Nordisk will pay $300 million upfront ​to Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals for the rights to an experimental ‌GLP-1 pill, the Chinese drugmaker said on Tuesday.