MVA member Novonesis is recognized as the top innovation company in Denmark

According to the European Patent Office, Novonesis had a total of 178 patent filings in 2025, highest among all Danish companies.🌱

Novonesis CEO Ester Baiget spoke to Danish financial Børsen on this topic:

“Novonesis has a total of 10,000 patents, demonstrating the strength of our biosolutions portfolio and the science behind it. Patents protect our unique solutions and enable us to stand out in the market. Of course, they only really shine when they are converted into growth, product launches and strong relations with our customers,” she said.

We’re proud that our colleagues contributed to so many patent applications while launching new biosolutions in the past year.🙌 With these patent filings, Denmark was placed 4th overall in Europe on patent applications per capita.

Top companies in patent filings from Denmark (2025):
Novonesis 178
Vestas 132
Topsoe 114

In general, the picture is somewhat more gloomy, according to the most recent press release from the EPO.  Some of the health-related sectors actually declined, including pharmaceuticals (-6.3%) and biotechnology (-3.3%). This highlights the importance of further strengthening Europe’s innovation framework for companies and researchers working in life sciences, including progress on the proposed Unitary Supplementary Protection Certificate and the EU Biotech Act.