Corporate profile
Our Mission
Bayer Schering Pharma’s goal is a leading market position in each of its specialist fields. With its distinctive expertise, the company engages in research on new drugs which, as innovative therapies, make an essential contribution toward improving people’s quality of life. Our outstanding research activities, together with our highly motivated staff, secure the sustainable success and growth of our company.
Our universally valid corporate values require that every individual respects humankind, nature and the community, accepts the diversity of life, and follows the highest standards of ethics and quality. These include integrity, openness, honesty, the will to succeed, and aspects of sustainability.
Facts and Figures
| Established: | In 2006 Bayer AG aquired Schering AG, Germany, to combine its pharmaceutical business with Schering AG's business. The company's legal domicile is Berlin. |
| Headcount: | Approx. 38,000 members of staff worldwide (Full time equivalents as of December 31, 2006.) |
| Main research locations: | Berlin and Wuppertal in Germany; Berkeley, USA. |
| Production locations: | Europe, United States, Latin America and Asia. |
| Subsidiaries: | The company has subsidiaries in over 100 countries worldwide. |

