‘Coming Home’: Danish biotech giant Novo Nordisk puts down roots in West Lebanon
Dennis Clancy remembers June 30, 2014, very well. 9:35 a.m., to be exact. That’s when Clancy, a manufacturing technician at former Olympus Biotech in West Lebanon, got word that he was being laid off after 11 years with the company. Its Japanese owner, beset by an unrelated financial scandal, was exiting biotech to refocus on its core camera and microscope businesses. “I told my wife I was going to be home early that day,” Clancy...
Novo Nordisk Plans Growth in West Lebanon
Rufus Gifford, the U.S. ambassador to Denmark, addresses employees and guests at Novo Nordisk’s 170,000-square-foot facility in West Lebanon on Wednesday. In a news release, the Bagsvaerd, Denmark-based health care company said the event was designed to showcase its “commitment to maintaining a site in this rural community while ensuring a future medicines supply for serious diseases like hemophilia and growth disorders.” Novo Nordisk...
