<p style="text-align:left;" size="2" _root="[object Object]" __ownerid="undefined" __hash="undefined" __altered="false"><span style="color:#313132">Novo Nordisk will purchase all outstanding shares of Emisphere Technologies for $1.35 billion, and related Eligen SNAC royalty stream obligations owed to the US company's largest shareholder MHR Fund Management LLC (MHR) for $450 million.</span></p>