| Year | Detail |
| 1923 |
The company was founded. |
| 1930 |
Production of insulin at Nordisk Insulinlaboratorium. |
| 1946 |
NPH (Neutral Protamine Hagedorn) insulin was developed. |
| 1951 |
Harald and Thorvald Pedersen founded the Novo Foundation. |
| 1969 |
Novo opened a production plant in Kalundborg, Denmark. |
| 1985 |
NovoPen was launched as the first insulin pen device. |
| 1989 |
Novo and Nordisk foundations merged and recognized as Novo Nordisk AS. |
| 2014 |
Partnership with UNICEF working together to prevent childhood overweight and obesity by creating healthier environments for children. |
| 2023 |
Novo Nordisk and Life Edit Therapeutics established collaboration to discover and develop gene-editing therapies. |
| 2024 |
Novo Nordisk collaborates with Omega Therapeutics and Cellarity on novel treatment approaches for cardiometabolic diseases. |