# How Novo Nordisk uses Celonis

**12 months**: “We realized we could possibly cut 12 months or more from our time-to-market”

As published on [celonis.com](https://www.celonis.com/solutions/stories/novo-nordisk). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-08.

- Company: [Novo Nordisk](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/novo-nordisk.md)
- Tool: [Celonis](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/celonis.md)
- Industry: [Biotech & Pharma](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/biotech-pharma.md)
- Teams: Research and Development, Clinical operations

## What the story says

Novo Nordisk built a digital twin of its clinical trials application process in Celonis and uses Celonis Process Intelligence to power a fleet of AI agents that automate regulated clinical development workflows. It also uses the platform to diagnose whether problems lie in people, process or technology and to validate KPIs during IT modernization.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Celonis and Novo Nordisk, not ours.

> Today, Novo Nordisk are transforming into an agentic enterprise. They’re powering a fleet of over 100 AI agents with Celonis to revolutionize clinical development. The ambition: shaving 12 months or more off drug development time to get medications into the hands of patients faster.

- **100+**: “The team is now orchestrating a fleet of 100+ Celonis-powered AI agents”

> Without Process Intelligence, Enterprise AI at scale is hopeful thinking.
>
> Stephanie Bova, Corporate Vice President and Digital Transformation Officer, Research and Development

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-08.

- Checked: the figure 12 months is printed word for word on the page, near the name of Novo Nordisk.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Novo Nordisk.
- Checked: Novo Nordisk uses Celonis. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-08.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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