bayer

     

Bayer AG (German, pronounce [ˈbaɪə]) (ISIN: DE0005752000, TYO: 4863) is a German chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in Barmen, Germany in 1863. Today it is headquartered in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is well-known for its original brand of aspirin. Bayer is currently the third largest pharmaceutical company in the world.

Trivia about bayer

  • Miles Labs is owned by this W. German co., but Sterling Drug makes the brand of aspirin
  • During WWI the U.S. government confiscated the assets of this German aspirin company & sold off the name
  • In 1905 the Germans swept the Nobel science prizes; this aspirin maker won the chemistry prize
  • This most popular U.S. aspirin was originally acquired from a German company as spoils of WWI
  • On the Internet, this over-100-year-old brand uses the domain name wonderdrug.com