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Novo Nordisk Reveals Plan to Build Mammoth $4.1B Plant in North Carolina to Help Produce Ozempic, Wegovy

June 28, 2024
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GLP-1 heavyweights Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are trading haymakers as they scale up production to meet the overwhelming demand for their revolutionary obesity drugs.

A month after Lilly revealed a $5.3 billion investment to increase its manufacturing capacity, Novo has answered.

On Monday, the Danish drugmaker said it will spend $4.1 billion to construct a second fill-finish plant at its sprawling campus in Clayton, North Carolina. At 1.4 million square feet, the site will match the combined floor space of Novo’s three current manufacturing sites in the state, the company said.

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