Fields of Activity
The business areas consist of Human Pharmaceuticals and Animal Health. In 2010, 42,224 employees were in 145 affiliated companies worldwide, research and development (R&D) facilities were in seven sites and 20 production plants in 13 countries. Boehringer Ingelheim's Pharma Chemicals business has pioneered the commercial production of monomers and biodegradable polymers for more than 20 years.
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“Genius is the naturalist or geographer of the supersensible regions, and draws their map; and, by acquainting us with new fields of activity, cools our affection for the old. These are at once accepted as the reality, of which the world we have conversed with is the show.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I thought it would last my time
The sense that, beyond the town,
There would always be fields and farms....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)