The company expanded to become Canada's second largest generic drug manufacturer and it also owned sites in the US and Hungary by the mid 1990s.

In the US, it operated a distribution center in Schaumburg, Illinois, although all products continued to be made in Canada.

[3] Novopharm remained privately held by the Dan family until 2000, when it was acquired by Teva Pharmaceuticals.

The acquisition made Teva the largest generic drug company in North America.

According to their promotional brochure, their Markham site, which underwent a major expansion in 2004,[8] is the largest antibiotic manufacturing facility in North America.