It is in this Danish town of 17,000 inhabitants that the company Novo Nordisk, which produces semaglutide, is located. The company is now worth $500 billion, a value far greater than the country’s gross domestic product. With LéNA, discover the best of European journalism.
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Published on 06/20/2024 at 1:43 p.m.
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CIt is in a small Danish town, flat and with straight streets, that the fight against plump bellies and generous hips is organized. In Kalundborg, a windy port of 17,000 inhabitants located 100 kilometers west of Copenhagen, there is a special factory. Its mission is to reduce appetite and eradicate fat from the human body thanks to semaglutide, a synthetic hormone contained in auto-injector pens, which imitates the natural hormone produced by the intestine when satiated. .
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