- Business
- Bayer AG (BAYN.SG) is a German multinational life sciences company focused on healthcare and agriculture. The company, founded in 1863 and headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, operates through three main divisions: Pharmaceuticals, offering prescription medicines in cardiology, women's health, oncology, hematology, ophthalmology, and cell/gene therapies including products such as Xarelto (rivaroxaban), Eylea (aflibercept), Kerendia, Nubeqa, and the recently FDA-approved Lynkuet; Consumer Health, providing over-the-counter medicines, nutritional supplements, dermatology, pain relief, digestive health, allergy, cough/cold, and cardiovascular risk prevention solutions like Aspirin, Aleve, Berocca, and Redoxon; and Crop Science, delivering crop protection products (fungicides such as Nativo and Luna, herbicides like Liberty and Roundup, insecticides including Belt and Movento), seeds, traits, digital farming, fruits/vegetables, and environmental science. Bayer conducts global operations across Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, and other regions, serving pharmaceutical customers, consumers, farmers, and agribusinesses. Recent developments include extension of the partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks in 2025 to advance microbial nitrogen fixation technologies reducing synthetic fertilizer needs; a 2025 deal with Kumquat Biosciences potentially worth $1.3 billion for a KRAS G12D inhibitor cancer drug candidate targeting pancreatic, colorectal, and lung cancers; expansion of regenerative agriculture collaboration with ADM in Hungary in 2025; FDA approval of Lynkuet for U.S. market entry in late 2025; plans for multiple blockbuster product launches in pharmaceuticals in 2025 such as Beyonttra and elinzanetant; and strengthened Crop Science growth with 22% corn sales increase driven by U.S. and Latin American expansions.