
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. is the U.S.-based pharmaceuticals unit of Bayer HealthCare LLC, a division of Bayer AG. One of the world's leading, innovative companies in the healthcare and medical products industry, Bayer HealthCare combines the global activities of the Animal Health, Consumer Care, Diabetes Care, and Pharmaceuticals divisions. In the United States, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals comprises the following business units: Women's Healthcare, Diagnostic Imaging, Specialized Therapeutics, Hematology/Cardiology and Oncology. The company's aim is to discover and manufacture products that will improve human health worldwide by diagnosing, preventing and treating diseases.
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals is the second largest biotechnology employer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently, more than 2000 people dedicated to every field of biotechnology, including research, clinical and process development, manufacturing and commercialization work at the Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals facilities in Berkeley, Emeryville and Richmond, California and Seattle, Washington.