Novo Nordisk (Ozempic)

1957.878 - 1982.973 David Rosenthal

When Hagedorn makes this decision to go full-time, what actually happens is he becomes an employee of Lion Chemical, which isn't really what he wants. August Crow steps back, and he returns to his other research at the University of Copenhagen. But once insulin starts rolling off the line later that summer, under the brand name Insulin Leo, like Lion Chemical Factory, they use the brand name.