Bayer AG has posted a healthy set of financials for the fourth quarter with its pharmaceuticals division continuing to recover from the effects of COVID 19 and make progress with the pipeline, notably with a potential successor to its current bestseller product Xarelto.
Xarelto Still Climbs As Bayer Touts Successor
Strong Q4 For Pharma Division
Bayer's pharmaceuticals chief Stefan Oelrich says that sales of treatments in the areas of ophthalmology, women’s healthcare and radiology have risen sharply, recovering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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