Bayer/Merck Cardio Rx Collaboration Pumped Up By Consumer Deal

Merck sells consumer care business, but also buys into Bayer’s franchise of sGC modulators.

Bayer AG’s deal to buy Merck & Co. Inc.’s consumer unit is coupled with a pact to jointly develop and commercialize soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) modulators, including Bayer’s already approved Adempas (riociguat).

Under the consumer health transaction, announced May 6, Bayer will pay Merck $14.2 billion for the business, which many analysts...

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