Health care

Bayer HealthCare

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 (Diabetes Care and MEDRAD) and Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany*. Bayer HealthCare has 53,100 employees worldwide and generated sales of EUR 15,407 million in 2008. The divisions Animal Health and Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany* are headquartered in Germany, while Consumer Care and Medical Care (Diabetes Care and MEDRAD) are based in the United States. Bayer HealthCare’s Animal Health and Consumer Care divisions occupy leading positions worldwide.

Principal products and brands

Animal Health

Consumer Care

Medical Care

Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany*

• Products for farm animals (e.g. Baytril®)
• Products for companion animals (e.g. Advantage®/Advantix®, Baytril®)

• Products for farm animals (e.g. Baytril®)
• Products for companion animals (e.g. Advantage®/Advantix®, Baytril®)

Non-prescription medicines

• (e.g. Aspirin®, Aleve®/Naproxen, Canesten®, Lefax®, Talcid®, Alka-Seltzer®, Bepanthen®, Aktren®, Priorin®, Rennie®)
• Vitamins (e.g. One-A-Day®, Supradyn®)

• Diabetes Care: blood glucose monitoring systems (e.g. Contour®/Breeze® 2)
• MEDRAD: contrast injection systems

Prescription medicines

• Diagnostic Imaging (X-ray contrast media, contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging, application technologies for contrast agents), e.g. Magnevist®
• Hematology/Cardiology (blood-clotting agents, thromboembolic diseases), e.g.Kogenate®, Adalat®, Trasylol®
• Oncology (products for treating leukemias and lymphomas, drugs for solid-tumor therapy),
  e.g. Viadur®, Nexavar®
• Primary Care (anti-infectives, men’s healthcare, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases),
  e.g. Ciprobay®/Cipro®, Avalox®/Avelox®, 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®

Best-selling products**

Adalat®
Hypertension treatment

Advantage®
Flea control product for dogs and cats

Contour®
Umbrella brand for blood glucose monitoring systems and services

Aspirin®
Pain reliever based on acetylsalicylic acid

Avalox®/Avelox®
Drug to treat respiratory infections

Betaferon®/Betaseron®
Specialty drug to treat multiple sclerosis

Ciprobay®/Cipro®
Medicine to treat infectious diseases

Kogenate®
Hemophilia treatment

Levitra®
Erectile dysfunction treatment

Mirena®
Hormonal contraceptive

Nexavar®
Medicine to treat kidney and liver cancer

Yasmin®/YAZ®/Yasminelle®
Hormonal contraceptive

Other products from Bayer HealthCare

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