Bayer, the maker of the Yasmin brand of birth-control pills and the Mirena intrauterine device, added it would nevertheless continue to pursue the development of non-hormonal menopausal symptoms relief elinzanetant as one of its four most promising pharma products.
Bayer said the focus of its drug research would shift away from women’s health, a traditional pillar of Germany’s largest drugmaker, to hone in on neurology, rare diseases and immunology.
“When it comes to research and the subsequent clinical phases, we will no longer have an explicit focus on women’s health,” the head of Bayer’s pharmaceuticals unit, Stefan Oelrich, told Reuters on Friday.
Bayer, the maker of the Yasmin brand of birth-control pills and the Mirena intrauterine device, added it would nevertheless continue to pursue the development of non-hormonal menopausal symptoms relief elinzanetant as one of its four most promising pharma products.