Innovations that relieve complaints and make everyday life easier
Relief that customers and patients can rely on: Consumer Health Care products from Merck comprise innovations that alleviate complaints and make everyday life a little easier.

Matthias Heil and Regina Ranglack from the Bion 3 development team: Thanks to the stable dosage form in an innovative three-layer tablet, the probiotic cultures reach the intestines from where they help boost the immune system.
Femibion®: For the health of unborn childrenFor women who wish to conceive or are already pregnant, good nutrition is important. Femibion® products contain the right micronutrients and can help prepare the body for pregnancy – or provide the fetus with a sufficient supply of nutrients.
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Femibion®: For the health of unborn childrenMetafolin®: Following nature’s example
Folic acid is a particularly important vitamin. Yet even when pregnant women take folic acid, it’s not definite that their bodies will be able to metabolize it – in many cases enzyme activity is restricted. Now, certainty is offered by Metafolin® contained in Femibion®. Metafolin® is available immediately to the body without having to be metabolized first.
BION®3: Helping to improve immune defenses
Intestinal flora are a complex eco-system – and sensitive to disruptive factors. An unbalanced diet, stress, hectic situations, and drugs can lead to disruptions that impair digestion and immune resistance. “Good” intestinal bacteria, – such as those contained in BION®3 – act like a living protective wall against invaders. These eager helpers activate the immune system, thereby strengthening the body’s defenses.
The clever three-layer principle
Lactobacillus gasseri, Bifidobacterium longum and Bifidobacterium bifidum are the names of the three probiotic cultures contained in BION®3. Using a patented manufacturing processes, Merck researchers have achieved a new food supplement breakthrough in combining vitamins, minerals and trace elements as well as probiotic cultures in a single three-layer tablet.
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