“I was always just been a nerdy little scientist,” says Lotte Knudsen, whose research led to the most revolutionary drug this century: Ozempic. #60minutes #ozempic #wegovy #novonordisk

Just another Copenhagen commuter, headed off to work in the morning, Lotte Berenudsen goes unnoticed. First on the train, then, pep in her step, walking from the station to the office she shares with two others. Understating matters, as one does in Denmark, you'd never know from appearances that she is the scientist whose research at Novo Nordisk led to perhaps the most revolutionary drug this century. I'm so grateful. I've always just been a nerdy little scientist who kind of found home here in this company for 35 years. Is that really your sense of self still these days? I'm proud, but I'm also humble and really very focused on the fact that it was a team effort. Modesty aside, her discoveries helped create Ozempic and Wegovy, which not only treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, but are now approved for treating cardiovascular, kidney and liver disease as well. This, of course, has made her a billion and not so fast. You know, I'm actually not super interested in actually having a whole lot of money. I don't think that it doesn't look like it's making people happy, right? Money is not something that's important to you. I like to pay my taxes. I like the society that we live in. I like that there's equal access to health care. I really like that.