a s danish public limited stock based corporation industry pharmaceutical industry founded 1908 founder august kongsted and anton antons headquarters ballerup copenhagen denmark area served worldwide key people gitte aabo ceo products prescription drugs for dermatology bone remodeling thrombosis and coagulation revenue 7.973 billion dkk 2014 1 total assets 31.627 billion dkk 2014 1 number of employees 4 712 2014 1 website home page footnotes references wholly owned by a foundation nonprofit leo pharma a s is a multinational danish pharmaceutical company founded in 1908 with a presence in about 100 countries . its headquarters are in ballerup near copenhagen 2 the company is 100 % integrated into a private foundation owned by the leo foundation . 3 leo pharma develops and markets products for dermatology bone remodeling thrombosis and coagulation . 4 in 1945 it was the first producer of penicillin outside the usa and uk . contents 1 history 1.1 formation & the 20th century 1.2 21st century & onwards 2 references history edit formation & the 20th century edit in 1908 pharmacists august kongsted and anton antons bought the leo pharmacy in copenhagen denmark . with the purchase they established k benhavns l veapoteks kemiske fabrik today known as leo pharma . leo pharma celebrated its centennial in 2008 . flags bearing the leo logo were flying in every country where leo products are available more than a hundred flags in total . today leo pharma has an ever growing pipeline with over 4 800 specialists focussing on dermatology and thrombosis . 1912 the company launched its own aspirin headache tablet 1917 the company exported denmarks first drug digisolvin 1940 the company launched its own heparin product . 1958 08 13 patent filed for bendrofluazide . 5 1962 the company launched fucidin to be used to treat staphylococcus infections 21st century & onwards edit in 2015 the company announced it would acquire astellas pharmas dermatology business for 725 million . 6 references edit a b c http www.leo pharma.com files filer leo corporate downloads leo pharma annual report 2014 final web.pdf leo pharma a s published list of products about us leo pharma . leo pharma.com . highbeam news clipping service uk gb 863474 leo pharma buys astellas dermatology business for 725m . gen. companies portal denmark portal this pharmacology related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leo pharma & oldid 744119025 categories pharmaceutical companies of denmarkcompanies based in ballerup municipalitypharmaceutical companies established in 1908pharmacology stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschespa ol edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 07 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view