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Novo Nordisk

Company

Novo Nordisk (pronounced Novo Nordisk) is a Danish pharmaceutical products company. It is headquartered in Bagsvere, a suburb of Copenhagen.

Assets

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Business in Russia

2022: Ivanishcheva Irina - the new head of Novo Nordisk's office in Russia and Belarus

At the end of May 2022, it became known about the appointment of Irina Ivanishcheva as vice president and general manager of the Novo Nordisk branch in Russia and Belarus. Read more here.

History

2024: Novo Holdings becomes Europe's largest publicly traded company with a market value of more than $540 billion

By February 2024, Novo Holdings, the largest shareholder in Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, had risen 72% in the previous 12 months. Novo Holdings has become the largest public company in Europe with a market value of more than $540 billion.

The success of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy has turned Novo Nordisk into Europe's biggest company.

The company plans to invest up to $7 billion a year by 2030.

2023: Novo Nordisk buys Inversago for $1.07 billion

On August 10, 2023, Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk announced an agreement to acquire Canadian obesity drug developer Inversago Pharma. The transaction amount is approximately $1 billion. Read more here.

2022: Novo Nordisk acquires Forma Therapeutics for $1.1 billion

On September 1, 2022, Novo Nordisk announced the allocation of $1.1 billion for the purchase of Forma Therapeutics, hoping that the assets of the acquired company, which are at the clinical stage, will help create a leading portfolio of drugs for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCB). Read more here.

2021

$3.3 billion purchase of drugmaker Dicerna Pharmaceuticals

On November 18, 2021, Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk announced the purchase for $3.3 billion of Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, which specializes in therapeutic drugs aimed at combating disease-causing genes. The deal, priced at $38.25 per share, represents a premium of 79% to the closing price before it was announced. The deal, which will be largely leveraged, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021. Read more here.

Purchase of the developer of the drug for the treatment of cardiomyopathy Prothena for $1.2 billion

In mid-July 2021, it became known that Novo Nordisk bought the developer of the drug for the treatment of cardiomyopathy Prothena for $1.2 billion. As a result, Novo Nordisk acquired PRX004, a drug in clinical development, as well as a broader development program for the treatment of familial amyloid cardiomyopathy. Read more here.

2019: Abbott, Medtronic, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk start sharing diabetic data

In mid-September 2019, Abbott and Medtronic announced data sharing agreements for digital diabetes care solutions. For example, Abbott is partnering with Sanofi to integrate glucose assessment and insulin delivery tools. And Medtronic is partnering with Novo Nordisk to use insulin dosing data from smart pen syringes in its glucose monitoring devices. Read more here.

1923: Founding of the Company

The company was founded in 1923.