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During his tenure as chief scientific officer at Novo Nordisk, Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen played a significant role in the development of GLP-1-based therapies, including Ozempic and Wegovy. In the early 1990s, despite skepticism from company leadership regarding the potential of obesity treatments, Thomsen advocated for focusing on obesity as a ...
[9] [10] [11] In January 2012, Novo Nordisk was named the most sustainable company in the world by the business magazine Corporate Knights, while spin-off company Novozymes was named fourth. [12] It is a leader in the FTSE4Good Index, and the only European company in the top ten. [13] Novo Nordisk is the largest pharmaceutical company in ...
He was CEO at Novo Nordisk from 2000 until the end of 2016 and was replaced by Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen at the beginning of 2017. [7] Sørensen took on the position as chairman of the board at Novo Nordisk Foundation on 1 July 2018. He is also the chairman of the board at Novo Holdings A/S. [8]
For much of 2024, Novo Nordisk has been crediting Ozempic and Wegovy with the company's success. But just a couple of days ago, Novo quietly announced a major update regarding Rybelsus.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation, which controls drug maker Novo Nordisk, said on Monday it would commit up to 1.8 billion Danish crowns ($265 million) to setting up an initiative aimed at improving ...
The trial results looked at liraglutide, the active ingredient in two of Novo Nordisk’s older GLP-1 drugs: Saxenda, a weight loss drug, and Victoza, a diabetes drug.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) is an international enterprise foundation focusing on medical treatment and research. In 2023, the foundation had a net worth of DKK 1,114 billion (US$ 167 billion), [2] [3] making it the wealthiest charitable foundation in the world.
The company, the investment arm of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, has 77% of voting shares in Novo Nordisk that makes the blockbuster obesity drug Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic. Novo ...