Jorgensen, who joined in 2017, has had the shortest tenure of all. Danish couple August and Marie Krogh founded Nordsik Insulinlaboratorium in 1923 and commercialized the production of insulin. The company competed with Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium, which was founded by brothers Harald and Thorvald Pedersen, until the two merged in 1989.

Discussions between Novo Nordisk and the Novo Nordisk Foundation that controls the company regarding a CEO change have been ongoing for the past few weeks, the company's board…

Nel 2023 il colosso farmaceutico danese era diventato la maggiore società europea per capitalizzazione di mercato, superando il gruppo del lusso francese Lvmh