Large fire breaks out at office of Ozempic maker in Denmark

Blaze in Bagsvaerd, in greater Copenhagen area, is second at a Novo Nordisk site in a week

A large fire broke out on Wednesday at an office building in Copenhagen belonging to the Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Nordisk, maker of the weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy.

“It’s a massive fire. We have about 100 firefighters on site”, said Martin Smith, the Copenhagen fire service chief of operations. He said the building had been evacuated.