Bullish Bayer Highlights Four Future Blockbusters

New Growth Drivers Could Have €12bn Peak Sales

The German group has shone a light at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on its new launched drugs Nubeqa and Kerendia, plus its late-stage candidates asundexian and elinzanetant, as it prepares for life after patent expiries on Xarelto and Eylea.

Bayer Pharma AG, Administration and laboratory buildings of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals in Berlin-Wedding on June 14, 2017, Germany - Image
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Bayer AG has raised its combined peak sales forecast for the key growth drivers in the German group's pharmaceuticals portfolio to more than €12bn, and around 40% of that could come from its closely watched antithrombotic asundexian.

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