Bayer is a Life Science company with a more than 150-year history was founded by Friedrich Bayer in 1863, and the Bayer Cross is one of the world´s best-known trademarks. The Bayer Group is managed as a life science company with three divisions – Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health and Crop Science – and the Animal Health business unit, which are also our reporting segments.

Bayer Crop offers various pest management solutions, such as Professional Pest Management for household / structural pests and Vector Management for pests that pose a threat to public health. It also offers various brands, such as Aliette, Folicur, Antracol, Melody Duo and Nativo under the fungicides category; Adora, Adue, Atlantis, Basta, Laudis, Lucifer, Raft, Ricestar and Topstar under the herbicides category; Alanto, Admire, Confidor, Decis 100, Flotis, Fame, Jump, Larvin, Oberon and Spintor under the insecticides category; Monceren, Gaucho, Raxil and Raxil Easy under the SeedGrowth category, and Ethrel and Planofix under the others category. In India, the Pharmaceuticals Division operates as Bayer Zydus Pharma, a joint venture between Bayer and Zydus Cadila, which focuses on prescription products, especially for cardiology and women’s healthcare, and on specialty therapeutics in the areas of oncology, hematology and ophthalmology. The division also comprises the radiology business, which markets diagnostic imaging equipment together with the necessary contrast agents.