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# Bayer
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/bayer/
- Published: 2026-07-17T16:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-17T16:14:18.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization, Organization, #toc, Germany, Pharmaceutical, COVID-19, Biotechnology

**Bayer** is a German multinational pharmaceutical company based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

## History

Bayer closed a deal to acquire [Monsanto](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Monsanto) in June 2018.[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2)

### COVID-19

On March 25, 2020, Bayer was announced as a partner of the [COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-Therapeutics-Accelerator) funded by the [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bill-&-Melinda-Gates-Foundation), Wellcome Trust, and [Mastercard](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Mastercard) to “accelerate treatments, [vaccines](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-vaccine), and diagnostics.”[\[3\]](#fn3)

On May 26, 2020, Bayer received a $930,000 grant from the [Government of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Government-of-Canada) through the [Global Innovation Clusters](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Global-Innovation-Clusters) program for a project titled "Improving ICU Capacity During COVID-19 Outbreaks." Bayer's partners on the project included numerous hospitals in Toronto, Ontario.[\[4\]](#fn4)

On June 6, 2023, Bayer announced it had partnered with [Acuitas Therapeutics](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Acuitas-Therapeutics) to "support Bayer’s in vivo gene editing and protein replacement programs with the goal of specifically delivering RNA payloads to the desired target organ, the liver."[\[5\]](#fn5)[\[6\]](#fn6)

## Organization

| Name      | Position                                                     | Notes                                                          |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Amy Kelly | Technical Documentation Specialist (Contractor)[\[7\]](#fn7) | [DailyClout](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/DailyClout) |

### Partners

Bayer is a partner of:

- [Dewpoint Therapeutics](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Dewpoint-Therapeutics)[\[8\]](#fn8)
- [World Economic Forum](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Economic-Forum)[\[9\]](#fn9)

Bayer is a member of:

- [Ad Standards](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Ad-Standards)[\[10\]](#fn10)
- [Advanced Medical Technology Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Advanced-Medical-Technology-Association) (AdvaMed)[\[11\]](#fn11)
- [Alliance for Regenerative Medicine](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alliance-for-Regenerative-Medicine)[\[12\]](#fn12)
- [Americas Society/Council of the Americas](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Americas-Society-Council-of-the-Americas)[\[13\]](#fn13)
- [BIOTECanada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/BIOTECanada)[\[14\]](#fn14)
- Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)[\[15\]](#fn15)
- [Innovative Medicines Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Innovative-Medicines-Canada)[\[16\]](#fn16)
- [Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Pharmaceutical-Research-and-Manufacturers-of-America) (PhRMA)[\[17\]](#fn17)

Bayer has received investment funding from the [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Strategic Investment Fund](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bill-&-Melinda-Gates-Foundation-Strategic-Investment-Fund).[\[18\]](#fn18)

### Subsidiaries

- Leaps by Bayer[\[19\]](#fn19)
- [Monsanto](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Monsanto)

## Activities

Bayer has provided funding to individuals engaged in the public health response to COVID-19.

| Name       | Type                      | Amount  | Description                                                                                                 |
| ---------- | ------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Menaka Pai | Speakers Bureau/Honoraria | Unknown | Disclosed during a June 2020 presentation to the Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network[\[20\]](#fn20) |

Bayer has also provided funding to numerous organizations:

- [Advanced Coronary Treatment Foundation of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/ACT-Foundation)[\[21\]](#fn21)
- [American Diabetes Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Diabetes-Association)[\[22\]](#fn22)
- [American Society of Hematology](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Society-of-Hematology)[\[23\]](#fn23)
- British Columbia Pharmacy Association (BCPA)[\[24\]](#fn24)
- [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Broadcasting-Corporation) (CBC/Radio-Canada)[\[25\]](#fn25)
- Canadian Lung Association (CLA)[\[26\]](#fn26)
- Canadian Society of Nephrology[\[27\]](#fn27)
- Canadian Venous Thromboembolism Research Network (CanVECTOR)[\[28\]](#fn28)
- Can-SOLVE CKD Network[\[29\]](#fn29)
- [Hepatitis B Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Hepatitis-B-Foundation)[\[30\]](#fn30)
- [PhRMA Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/PhRMA-Foundation)[\[31\]](#fn31)
- [Prostate Cancer Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Prostate-Cancer-Foundation)[\[32\]](#fn32)
- [World Health Organization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Health-Organization) (WHO)[\[33\]](#fn33)

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=pharmaceutical%5Fcompanies:bayer)
- [Powerbase](https://powerbase.info/index.php/Bayer)
- [SourceWatch](https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bayer)
- [Website](https://www.bayer.com/en/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer)
- [Wikispooks](https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Bayer%5FAG)

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