Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Oral Birth Control Drugs (IIPM-News)

Schering supreme Hubertus Erlen commented, “It is not possible for Schering to maintain its independence, given the Bayer offer.” The new entity would have combined net sales worth approximately $18.4 billion and would create a health care unit ranked amongst the world’s top 12 companies. It would also add Schering’s Yasmin – one of the world’s highest selling oral birth control drugs with sales of $718.45 million in 2005 – to Bayer’s portfolio.

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