Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://pharma.bayer.com

Take a pinch of Bayer, add a dash of Schering, put it in the oven of the US pharmaceuticals market, and you've got the recipe for Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. The company develops and markets prescription medicines for sale in the US. It also markets products of sister company Bayer Schering Pharma. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals is focused on specialty therapeutics in the areas of diagnostic imaging, hematology, neurology, cancer, and women's health. Its products target serious chronic diseases such as multiple sclerosis (Betaseron), as well as general health ailments such as infections (Avelox and Cipro). Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals handles the US pharmaceutical operations of Bayer HealthCare.

Officers:
President and CEO: Reinhart Franzen
Manager, Product Public Relations: Kimberly Wix
Manager, Product Public Relations: Marcy Funk

Competitors:
Baxter International
Biogen Idec
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical