Hoechst vs Octapharma

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 — 120 years before Octapharma.

Founded: 1863; 1983
Status: Closed 1999; Active
Headquarters: Frankfurt, Germany; Lachen, Switzerland
Industry: pharmaceutical industry; pharmaceutical industry
Founders: Adolf von Brüning, Eugen Lucius, Wilhelm Meister; Wolfgang Marguerre
Employees: 9,200; Not recorded
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; Aktiengesellschaft
Listed on: Frankfurt Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Parent: Sanofi; Not recorded
Website: hoechst.de; octapharma.com

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