Facts & Figures

General information
Headquarters: Denmark
Worldwide: Production facilities at two sites (Denmark and California, US), subsidiaries in 20 countries and distributors in 50 countries.


Workforce:
1,000 employees.


Employees by region:

 Employees by function:

               employees by region                           

45% in Denmark
35% in the USA,
20% in the rest of the world

              employees by function                   

45% Sales & Marketing
30% Operations
15% Research & Development
10% Administration


Business area:
Tissue-based cancer diagnostics.


Pathology
Pathology is the study of diseases in cells, tissue and organs.

For Pathology customers Dako develops, manufactures and markets world class diagnostic solutions for fast and accurate answers for cancer patients and doctors making vital decisions for treatment.

We do this through partnership and by linking know-how, reagents, instruments and software for improving the entire workflow of the pathology laboratories.


Reagent Partnership Division
Through Reagent Partnership Division, Dako develops, manufactures and sells antibody based products within the area of specific proteins and immunoassays for turbidimetry as well as reagents for flow cytometry, the end-users being clinical laboratories and hospitals. The division has two sales channels:

  • Retail sales through distributors
  • Assay development and manufacturing for other companies (OEM partners)