Kalundborg, Denmark. Charlotte de la Fuente for The New York Times

The pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk produces nearly all of the key ingredient for its wildly popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy at a factory in the Danish town of Kalundborg. Now, the company is planning to invest about $8.6 billion into expanding the facilities there.

It’s the largest manufacturing investment in Denmark by a company, and it’s happening in a town of fewer than 17,000 people.

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