- CEO
- Maziar Mike Doustdar
- Full Time Employees
- 68,794
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Drug Manufacturers - General
- Address
- Novo Alle 1 Bagsvaerd CR Denmark 2880
- IPO Date
- Nov 24, 2025
- Business
- Novo Nordisk A/S is a global healthcare company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for diabetes, obesity care, rare diseases and related cardiometabolic conditions. Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark, the company operates worldwide and serves patients, healthcare providers and health systems through its Diabetes and Obesity Care and Rare Disease businesses.
Its core portfolio includes insulin products; GLP-1-based therapies; oral antidiabetic medicines; obesity treatments; growth hormone and hormone replacement therapies; hemophilia and other rare blood disorder therapies; and related drug-delivery systems and services. Key brands and products include Ozempic®, Wegovy®, Rybelsus®, Saxenda®, Levemir®, NovoRapid®, Tresiba®, Norditropin®, and NovoSeven®, alongside pipeline and development assets targeting obesity, type 2 diabetes, MASH and rare diseases.
Recent strategic changes center on portfolio expansion and manufacturing capacity. In 2025, Novo Nordisk entered multiple collaborations for oral obesity and cardiometabolic therapies, including an exclusive Septerna partnership and other licensing agreements to broaden its obesity modality toolkit. The company also completed the acquisition of Akero Therapeutics to add efruxifermin, a phase 3 FGF21 analogue for MASH, and secured an asset purchase and global license agreement for Omeros’ zaltenibart in rare blood and kidney disorders. It also said Catalent fill-finish sites are expected to add capacity from 2026, supporting future supply growth.