Tackling diabetes over long term

Maziar Mike Doustdar drives Novo Nordisk's plans to help 114 million Chinese manage their condition

In 1992, Maziar Mike Doustdar, then just 22, started his pharmaceutical industry career in Vienna, little realizing that after a quarter of a century, his work and life would involve travelling on business trips 176 days a year around the world, often espousing the cause of public health.

The executive vice-president of international operations at Novo Nordisk A/S, the world's top insulin producer by sales, has already scheduled his next China visit in August.