Novo Nordisk 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.

Novo Nordisk is the older of the two, founded in 1923 — 60 years before Octapharma.

Founded: 1923; 1983
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Bagsværd, Denmark; Lachen, Switzerland
Industry: pharmaceutical industry; pharmaceutical industry
Founders: August Kongsted, Hans Christian Hagedorn, August Krogh, Marie Krogh; Wolfgang Marguerre
Employees: 68,794; Not recorded
Legal form: aktieselskab; Aktiengesellschaft
Listed on: New York Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Parent: Novo Holdings; Not recorded
Website: novonordisk.com; octapharma.com

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