Biovail vs Hoechst

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Hoechst is the older of the two, founded in 1863 — 119 years before Biovail.

Founded: 1982; 1863
Status: Closed 2010; Closed 1999
Headquarters: Mississauga; Frankfurt, Germany
Industry: pharmaceutical industry; pharmaceutical industry
Founders: Eugene Melnyk; Adolf von Brüning, Eugen Lucius, Wilhelm Meister
Employees: Not recorded; 9,200
Legal form: business corporation; Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Listed on: Not recorded; Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Parent: Not recorded; Sanofi
Website: biovail.com; hoechst.de

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Biovail and Hoechst.