Operator
Operator
Good day, and welcome to the Q4 2013 Novo Nordisk A/S Earnings Conference Call, hosted by CEO Lars Rebien Sørensen. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Lars Rebien Sørensen. Please go ahead, sir. Lars Rebien Sørensen: Thank you very much, and welcome to Novo Nordisk conference call regarding our performance in 2013 and the outlook for 2014. I'm Lars Rebien Sørensen, the CEO of Novo Nordisk. With me, I have our Chief Financial Officer, Jesper Brandgaard; and, of course, Mads Thomsen, our Chief Science Officer; and present are also our Investor Relations officers. Today's earnings release and the slides that we'll be using for the call are available on our web page. Conference call is scheduled to last approximately 1 hour. As usual, we'll start with the presentation as outlined on Slide #2. The Q&A will begin in about 25 minutes. Turn to Slide #3. As always, I need to advise you that this call will contain forward-looking statements. Those forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from expectations. For further information on the risk factors, see the earnings release and the slides prepared for this presentation. Please note that the conference is being webcast live, and a replay will be made available on our website. Turn to Slide #4. We're pleased with the robust sales growth in 2013. Sales increased 12% in local currencies and 7% in Danish kroner compared to 2012. Sales growth was driven by North America, International Operations and Region China. Sales growth was realized both within diabetes care and biopharmaceuticals, with a majority of the growth coming from modern insulins and Victoza. The rollout of Tresiba, the once-daily, new-generation insulin with an ultra-long duration…