¡@Bayer HealthCare ¡V An independently operating subgroup under the Bayer AG umbrella.
¡@From world-renowned drug products to the high-tech platform, from innovative diagnostics technology to veterinary medicines ¡V Bayer HealthCare is a health care company of international repute.
¡@It covers the fields of animal health, genetically produced medicines, over-the-counter products, diagnostic products and prescription drugs. Bayer HealthCare builds upon a foundation that is steeped in tradition: More than 100 years of medical innovation and social responsibility provide an outstanding basis for continued success.
¡@Bayer HealthCare is a legally independent company comprising five divisions: Animal Health, Consumer Care, Diabetes Care, Diagnostics and Pharmaceuticals. 33,800 people around the globe are involved in making the whole range of services and products available to the health care industry, as well as with constantly improving the company¡¦s performance.
Bayer HealthCare: "We care for your health"
With a turnover of almost £á9.5 billion, Bayer HealthCare (BHC) contributed a good third to Group sales in 2005. ¡§We care for your health¡¨ is the motto of BHC ¡V and that applies across a broad front. This subgroup offers a wide range of both prescription-only and non-prescription medicinal products is additionally very strong in the field of diagnostics and is also one of the world¡¦s leading suppliers of animal health products.
Our corporate values to employee are a will to succeed, a passion for our stakeholders, respect for people and nature, integrity openness and honesty and sustainability of our actions. We also create a ¡§From Good to GREAT¡¨ target which means to deliver our promises, embrace changes and love winning.
BHC as a whole divides its operational business into five Divisions, four of which are among the world¡¦s leading suppliers in their respective fields.
¡@¡·Pharmaceuticals
¡@Prescription-only medicinal products. Since 2006, this Division has covered the three Business Units Primary Care, Cardiology / Hematology and Oncology. Major products include Adalat OROS (for the treatment of coronary heart disease and hypertension), Kogenate (genetically engineered coagulation factor VIII for the treatment of the blood disorder hemophilia A), and since 1999, Bayer HealthCare Taiwan actively involved numerous events, the yearly events for instance the World Hemophilia Day, The Hemophiliac Summer Camp and The Hemophiliac Scholarship, all the purposes are hoping to create a better life for hemophilia patients, also the anti-infective products Ciproxin (used to treat urinary tract infections, etc.), Avelox (used to treat respiratory tract infections, etc.), Aspirin Protect 100 (used to prevent CVD and stroke), Glucobay (used to treat diabetes) and Levitra (for the treatment of erectile dysfunction).
¡@The first national authorizations have also recently been issued for Nexavar, a cancer treatment developed by BHC. This product is currently authorized for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma, and additional uses in other types of cancer are in clinical development at the moment, and has been approved to be the orphan drug to treat liver cancer in the US and EU countries. The status in Taiwan now is aggressively on the clinical trials before launch to the market and Bayer HealthCare is going to provide a new option for the patients with kidney cancer in a very short period.
¡@¡·Consumer Care
¡@Non-prescription medicinal products and food supplements. In addition to the well known pain reliever Aspirin, outstanding brands will be Canesten (used to treat fungal infections of the skin and vagina). Following the acquisition of Roche¡¦s consumer health business, other well-known products arrived in 2005, the wound-healing cream Bepanthen which has been long hot sale in Europe, medical level multivitamin Supradyn and also famous painkiller Saridon. The international headquarters of this Division are located in Morristown, USA, and Basel. Also, the Vitamin C and Zinc effervescent Redoxon which has been the fashionable product in Taiwan is the main product in this division. Bayer HealthCare will import more health and consuming products for more options to Taiwan people.
¡@¡·Diagnostics
¡@Diagnostic systems for professional use to hospitals, large laboratories and medical practices. The flagship products include the ADVIA Centaur, a system capable of determining more than 60 blood parameters. The portfolio also features special test systems for HIV and hepatitis testing. The headquarters are located in Tarrytown, USA. At the end of July, Bayer announced the sale of this Division to Siemens. The transaction will come into effect in 2007.
¡@¡·Diabetes Care
¡@Blood glucose measurement devices. Expertise developed over a period of more than 60 years has made BHC one of today¡¦s leading players in the field of blood glucose self-testing systems. It launched the first portable Glucometer in 1969. In 2005, the Ascensia range of blood glucose measurement devices was BHC¡¦s best-selling brand. The headquarters of this Division are in Tarrytown, USA.
¡@¡·Animal Health
¡@Medicinal products for both livestock and companion animals, with a product portfolio ranging from antimicrobial and antiparasitic products and vaccines to grooming products and food supplements. Of major importance are the flea-treatment lines Advantage and Advantix which protect dogs and cats against fleas and ticks in warmer regions.
¡@Animal Health offers manifold products for animal care and treatment. Another important product for certain regions such as Latin America is a vaccine to protect cattle against foot-and-mouth disease. Besides conventional livestock farming (cattle, pigs, poultry), BHC products are also used in aquaculture. The Division¡¦s headquarters and main research facility are at Monheim am Rhein.
The people of Bayer HealthCare Taiwan wish to grow roots, blossom and develop on this island and present the people of Taiwan with the most advanced medical research and science. Moreover, we want to give patients our warmest care and support and make Taiwan not only a beautiful island, but also a long-life island where men, animals and nature can be equally respected. Only then we realize Bayer¡¦s main vision: Science for A Better Life.
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