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Weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy are so popular they’re upending Denmark’s economy.
They are made by Novo Nordisk, and its market value “has risen by more than a third so far this year to about $419 billion, bigger than the country’s gross domestic product of about $406 billion,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
“Because the pharmaceutical industry’s exports have grown so much, it’s creating a big influx of currency into the Danish economy,” Danske Bank director Jens Naervig Pedersen tells WSJ.
America’s Obsession With Weight-Loss Drugs Is Affecting the Economy of Denmark
[The Wall Street Journal]
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