Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered in Denmark.
Our purpose is to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases, built upon our heritage in diabetes.
We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines, and working to prevent and ultimately cure disease.
- Legal name: Novo Nordisk A/S
- Founded: 1923
- President and CEO: Maziar Mike Doustdar
Our heritage
Meet Mike
Executive management
- Therapy areas: Diabetes, Obesity, Rare Disease, Cardiovascular & Emerging Therapy Areas
- Globally serving more than 45.2 million people living with serious chronic diseases
Learn more about our focus disease areas
- Number of employees: 78.400
- Number of employees in US: 33.700
- Number of employees in DK: 11.200
- Affiliates in 80 countries
- Strategic production sites in Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Italy and the US
- Announced Production Expansion Investments: 65 bn DKK in 2025 (compared to 45 bn in 2024)
Our medicines
- R&D facilities in China, Denmark, UK, US and India
- Investing more than 52 bn DKK in R&D in 2024
Our R&D pipeline
Research & technology centres
- Net sales in 2024: 290.4 bn DKK
- Operating profit in 2024: 128.3 bn DKK
- Net profit in 2024: 100.1 bn DKK
Explore our results in 2025
Annual Report 2024
- Corporate income tax in Denmark in 2024: 21.6 bn DKK (2023: 14.7 bn DKK)
- Employee income tax in Denmark in 2024: 10.3 bn DKK (2023: 7.8 bn DKK)