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Novo Nordisk A/S

Company · Health & pharma · HQ: Denmark · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Novo Nordisk A/S appears in 94 declared MEP meetings (47 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

94
declared meetings
with current MEPs
47
MEPs met
€2.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark. Our purpose is to drive change to serious chronic diseases. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines, and working to prevent and ultimately cure the diseases we treat.”

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“We employ more than 60,000 people in 80 countries, and market our products in 170 countries. In 2023, we served more than 40 million patients worldwide. In 2023, we served more than 6 million patients in the EU. More than 30,000 of our employees are based in the EU. Novo Nordisk is committed to developing its business towards environmental, social and financial sustainability (the triple bottom line).The controlling stake in Novo Nordisk is owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. This is a non-profit institution, whose formal purpose is to provide a stable basis for its companies’ operations and to make contributions to scientific, humanitarian and social progress.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 94 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party3638%
Socialists & Democrats2426%
Renew Europe2324%
European Conservatives & Reformists66%
Greens/EFA55%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (31 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
3
2021
0
2022
5
2023
8
2024
21
2025
31
2026
25

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Niels Flemming Hansen
8 meetings · EPP
Tomislav Sokol
7 meetings · EPP
Stine Bosse
6 meetings · Renew
Morten Løkkegaard
5 meetings · Renew
Christian Ehler
4 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
30 Sep 2026Aura SallaQuantum Act
23 Sep 2026Ingeborg ter LaakBiotech Act
17 Sep 2026Morten LøkkegaardIntroductory meeting
11 Sep 2026Niels Flemming HansenBiotech act
9 Sep 2026Dario NardellaPriorities in the field of Industry, Research and Energy
3 Jul 2026Pierre JouvetIndustrial accelerator act
1 Jul 2026Carlo CiccioliBiotech Act
4 Jun 2026Asger ChristensenEnviroment
2 Jun 2026Kristoffer StormEU Biotech Act
2 Jun 2026Nicolás González CasaresBiotech
2 Jun 2026Wouter BekeEU Biotech Act I
28 May 2026Nicolás González CasaresBiotech
8 May 2026Niels Flemming HansenUrban wastewater directive
24 Apr 2026Stine BosseBiotech Act roundtable
20 Apr 2026Katri KulmuniBiotech I

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