Debiopharm 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 — 56 years before Debiopharm.

Founded: 1979; 1923
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland; Bagsværd, Denmark
Industry: pharmaceutical industry; pharmaceutical industry
Founders: Rolland-Yves Mauvernay; August Kongsted, Hans Christian Hagedorn, August Krogh, Marie Krogh
Employees: Not recorded; 68,794
Legal form: Aktiengesellschaft; aktieselskab
Listed on: Not recorded; New York Stock Exchange
Parent: Not recorded; Novo Holdings
Website: debiopharm.com; novonordisk.com

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