Corporate profile

Our company at a glance

Bayer Schering Pharma is one of the ten largest specialty pharmaceutical companies in the world. We market our products in more than 100 countries, and in 2009 generated sales of almost € 10.5 billion.
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Headquarters of Bayer Schering
Pharma AG

More than 36,000 members of staff currently work for Bayer Schering Pharma worldwide – more than 5,800 in research and development alone. We aim to improve people’s quality of life with our products. To achieve this, we concentrate on the research and development of innovative drugs and novel therapeutic approaches. At the same time, we are constantly improving established products. In this context, Bayer Schering Pharma uses experience it has gained from over a century in the business. We concentrate on four business units in which we make essential contributions to medical progress:

Facts and Figures

Activities > 100 countries worldwide
Sales in 2009 approx. €10.5 billion
Employees > 36,000, > 5,800 of them in research & development
Research areas Oncology, Women’s Healthcare, Cardiology & Hematology, Diagnostic Imaging
Main research & development locations Germany: Berlin, Wuppertal / Cologne / Leverkusen
United States: Berkeley/California; Montville/New Jersey
Japan: Osaka
China: Beijing
Production locations Europe, United States, Latin America and Asia
Research & development expenditure in 2009 > €1.5 billion

Main R&D fields

LocationMain field
Berlin:Diagnostic Imaging, Oncology and Women's Healthcare
Wuppertal:Cardiology and Oncology
Berkeley:Applied research and life cycle management in hemophilia and Multiple Sclerosis

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