Bayer
Sign in to saveBayer AG (English: , commonly pronounced ; ) is a German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies and biomedical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of business include pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare products, agricultural chemicals, seeds and biotechnology products. The company is a component of the EURO STOXX 50 stock market index.
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Bayer is a large German pharmaceutical and biotechnology company that makes medicines, health products, agricultural chemicals, and seeds for customers worldwide. The company is significant enough to be included in major European stock market indexes, reflecting its importance in the global economy.
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- Company.name
- Bayer AG
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- Logo Bayer.svg
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- 160px
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- Leverkusen Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 0004.jpg
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- Headquarters in Leverkusen
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.founder
- Friedrich Bayer
- Company.location
- Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.revenue
- (2024)
- Company.operating_income
- €−71 million (2024)
- Company.net_income
- €−2.6 billion (2024)
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43 sectionsContents
- Early history
- Foundation
- Aspirin
- Heroin
- Phenobarbital
- World War I
- IG Farben
- World War II and the Holocaust
- Products
- Overview
- Top-selling pharmaceutical products
- Agricultural
- Acquisitions
- Overview
- Acquisition of Schering
- Other acquisitions
- Spin off of Covestro
- Acquisition of Monsanto
- Acquisition history
- Corporate structure
- Bayer CropScience
- Bayer Consumer Health
- Bayer Pharmaceuticals
- Defunct business units
- Ownership
- Finances
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Awards and recognition
- Litigation
- Roundup
- Xarelto
- One A Day Vitamins
- HIV contamination
- Dicamba
- PCB pollution
- Talc-related liabilities
- mRNA technology
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
Bayer AG (English: , commonly pronounced ; ) is a German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies and biomedical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of business include pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare products, agricultural chemicals, seeds and biotechnology products. The company is a component of the EURO STOXX 50 stock market index.
Bayer was founded in 1863 in Barmen as a partnership between dye salesman Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880) and dyer Johann Friedrich Weskott (1821–1876). The company was established as a dyestuffs producer, but the versatility of aniline chemistry led Bayer to expand its business into other areas. In 1899, Bayer launched the compound acetylsalicylic acid under the trademarked name Aspirin. Aspirin is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. In 2021, it was the 34th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 17million prescriptions.
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