Biovail vs Novo Nordisk

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.

Novo Nordisk is the older of the two, founded in 1923 — 59 years before Biovail.

Founded: 1982; 1923
Status: Closed 2010; Active
Headquarters: Mississauga; Bagsværd, Denmark
Industry: pharmaceutical industry; pharmaceutical industry
Founders: Eugene Melnyk; August Kongsted, Hans Christian Hagedorn, August Krogh, Marie Krogh
Employees: Not recorded; 68,794
Legal form: business corporation; aktieselskab
Listed on: Not recorded; New York Stock Exchange
Parent: Not recorded; Novo Holdings
Website: biovail.com; novonordisk.com

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