Bayer HealthCare
Health care
Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer HealthCare researches, develops, manufactures and markets innovative products for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The company thus plays an important part in improving the health of people and animals. This subgroup comprises four global divisions: Animal Health, Consumer Care, Medical Care and Pharmaceuticals.
Principal products and brands
Consumer Care
- Non-prescription medicines (e.g. Aspirin™, Aleve™/Naproxen, Canesten™, Lefax™, Talcid™, Alka-Seltzer™, Bepanthen™, Aktren™, Priorin™, Rennie™)
- Vitamins (e.g. One-A-Day™, Supradyn™)
Medical Care
- Diabetes Care: blood glucose monitoring systems (e.g. Contour™, Breeze™ 2)
- Diagnostic Imaging (X-ray contrast media, contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging, application technologies and contrast injection systems for contrast agents), e.g. Magnevist™
Pharmaceuticals
Prescription medicines
- Hematology/Cardiology (blood-clotting agents, thromboembolic diseases), e.g. Kogenate™, Adalat™, Xarelto™
- Oncology (products for treating leukemias and lymphomas, drugs for solid-tumor therapy),
e.g. Nexavar™
- Primary Care (anti-infectives, men’s healthcare, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases),
e.g. Ciprobay™/Cipro™, Avalox™, Glucobay™, Levitra™, Nimotop™
- Specialized Therapeutics (drugs for treating diseases of the central nervous system),
e.g. Betaferon™/Betaseron™
- Women’s Healthcare (contraception, menopause management, gynecological therapies),
e.g. Yasmin™.
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Best-Selling Pharmaceuticals Products**
Avalox™
Drug to treat respiratory infections
Betaferon™ / Betaseron™
Specialty drug to treat multiple sclerosis
Cipro™ / Ciprobay™
Medicine to treat bacterial infections
Fosrenol™
Medicine to treat renal insufficiency
Glucobay™
Oral diabetes treatment
Nexavar™
Medicine to treat kidney and liver cancer
