LEO Pharma 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.

LEO Pharma is the older of the two, founded in 1962 — 21 years before Octapharma.

Founded: 1962; 1983
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Ballerup, Denmark; Lachen, Switzerland
Industry: pharmaceutical industry; pharmaceutical industry
Founders: August Kongsted, Anton Antons; Wolfgang Marguerre
Employees: 4,000; Not recorded
Legal form: aktieselskab; Aktiengesellschaft
Parent: LEO Holding; Not recorded
Website: leo-pharma.com; octapharma.com

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