PrintTake the development of Aspirin®, for example. When the Bayer chemist Felix Hoffmann first produced the active substance acetylsalicylic acid in 1897, it marked the discovery of a drug that was to become a worldwide success story. Even today it is still the drug of first choice in treating pain.
Another world-changing event was the discovery of polyurethane. Bayer chemist Otto Bayer created these plastics seventy years ago, and changed our lives radically. From car seats to mattresses, from refrigerators to shoe soles – polyurethane as a material is found everywhere today.
Bayer, the inventor company
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It is entirely appropriate that Bayer should refer to itself as an “inventor company”. Innovation has a long tradition at Bayer.
And today? At the beginning of the 21st century ideas are more important at Bayer than ever. But they are no longer the result of individual successes achieved by scientists. Research today is part of a controlled team-oriented process involving the systematic search for new products and new applications. The company’s slogan is “Bayer: Science For A Better Life”.
Bayer researchers today work primarily in the three main subgroups Bayer HealthCare, Bayer CropScience and Bayer MaterialScience. They develop plastics with even better properties, they protect and improve crop plants, and they formulate new drugs.
And today? At the beginning of the 21st century ideas are more important at Bayer than ever. But they are no longer the result of individual successes achieved by scientists. Research today is part of a controlled team-oriented process involving the systematic search for new products and new applications. The company’s slogan is “Bayer: Science For A Better Life”.
Bayer researchers today work primarily in the three main subgroups Bayer HealthCare, Bayer CropScience and Bayer MaterialScience. They develop plastics with even better properties, they protect and improve crop plants, and they formulate new drugs.
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In addition to cardiovascular diseases, the battle against cancer is a key area of focus - for Bayer HealthCare. A drug to combat kidney cancer received approval in the United States at the end of 2005. This new drug is the latest success story from the Leverkusen inventor company – but certainly not the last.
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Bayer AG
Achim Bellmann
BAG COM CB / Sponsoring
51368 Leverkusen
Telefon + 49 [0] 21430 / 72516
Telefax + 49 [0] 21430 / 56847
achim.bellmann.ab@bayer-ag.de
www.bayer.com
Achim Bellmann
BAG COM CB / Sponsoring
51368 Leverkusen
Telefon + 49 [0] 21430 / 72516
Telefax + 49 [0] 21430 / 56847
achim.bellmann.ab@bayer-ag.de
www.bayer.com
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