About Novo Nordisk A/S Common Stock
Novo Nordisk A/S, doing business as Novo, is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company. Novo manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products and services, primarily diabetes and obesity medications and devices. The corporation was created in 1989, through a merger of two Danish pharmaceutical companies, which date back to the 1920s. Novo employs approximately 68,800 people in 80 countries, and markets its products in approximately 170 countries. Novo is controlled by majority shareholder Novo Holdings which holds 28% of its shares and a majority of its voting shares.