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The following is an illustration of the company’s major mergers, acquisitions and historical predecessors:

Bayer

Bayer AG
(Founded 1863)

Miles Laboratories
(Acq 1978)

Miles Canada

Cutter Laboratories

Hollister-Stier

Corn King Company

Plastron Specialties

Pacific Plastics Company

Olympic Plastics Company

Ashe-Lockhart Inc

Haver-Glover Laboratories

Cutter Laboratories
(Founded 1897)

Sterling Winthrop
(Acq 1994, Over the counter division)

Roche Pharmaceuticals
(Acq 2004, Over the counter division)

Bayer Schering Pharma AG

Schering
(Acq 2006)

Jenapharm

Sagmel Inc
(Spun off 2008)

Bomac Group
(Acq 2010)

Algeta
(Acq 2014)

Merck & Co
(Acq 2014, Consumer Health Business)

Covestro
(Spun off 2016)

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