Below is the list of the 10 best pharmaceutical companies in Denmark;
1. Nomeco
Nomeco was founded in 1991 through the merger of Mecobenzon and Nordisk Droge og Kemikalie. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Phoenix Group, the largest wholesaler of pharmaceutical products in Denmark with a wide range of services which include various information logistics, marketing, sales, and registration expert services.
2. Novo Nordisk
This is one of the best pharmaceutical companies in Denmark, It was Founded on 21 December 1923 by Hans Christian Hagedorn. Novo Nordisk has production facilities in eight countries, and affiliates or offices in about 5 countries of the world. As of 2019, it had a Revenue of about 122 billion DKK.
3. Pharma Nord
Pharma Nord is an international pharmaceutical company founded in 1981 by Eli Wallin and Sven Moesgaard. It has 25 daughter companies throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and the Middle East.
4. Pharmacosmos
This is an amazing private pharmaceutical company in Denmark founded in 1965. It has been recorded to have about 380 employees as of 2020. Pharmacosmos specialized in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia and has its own marketing, sales, and services operations in Denmark and the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, and China.
5. Leo Pharma
LEO Pharma is a multinational Danish pharmaceutical company, founded in 1908 by August Kongsted and Anton Antons. It has a presence in about 100 countries. As of 2018, it has employees of about 5,528.
6. Bavarian Nordic
Bavarian Nordic is a full biotechnology company focused on the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of cancer immunotherapies and vaccines for infectious diseases. It was established in 1994 and recently has over 700 employees. The company is committed to saving and improving lives by unlocking the power of the immune system and also established a broad pipeline of vaccine candidates addressing high unmet medical needs in infectious disease and cancer.
7. ALK-Abelló
ALK-Abelló is a Denmark-based pharmaceutical company that specializes in the development and manufacture of allergy immunotherapy products for the prevention and treatment of allergies.
8. Lundbeck
It was founded in 1912 and focuses on research, development, manufacturing, marketing, and sale of pharmaceuticals across the world. The company’s products are targeted brain diseases, including depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and migraine. In 2017, it has a revenue of 17.2 billion DKK, and the number of employees had surpassed 4,980 since 2017.
9. Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals is a commercial-stage specialty pharmaceutical company founded in 1999 and committed to improving the lives of transplant patients. It operates in the U.S. through Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA.
10. Zealand Pharma
Zealand Pharma is one of the pharmaceutical companies in Denmark that designs and develops peptide-based medicines, mainly focusing on metabolic diseases like diabetes and obesity. It was founded on 1 April 1997 and currently has over 200 employees.