06.09.2019
- In a compromise agreement presented this week, Germany’s federal cabinet voted to curb the use of the controversial chemical glyphosate up to 2023, active ingredient in the equally...
21.08.2019
- As widely expected, Bayer has definitively agreed to sell its animal health business to Eli Lilly spinoff Elanco Animal Health. The $7.6 billion deal will create the market’s...
20.08.2019
- With the debate over the possible carcinogenity of Monsanto’s (now Bayer’s) Roundup herbicide continuing to rage, a peer-reviewed research paper partly funded by Swiss...
12.08.2019
- As the number of lawsuits from people claiming that Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide caused their cancer mount – to currently more than 18,000 –signals increasingly point to an out-of...
09.08.2019
- Bayer has announced it will pay for $240 million upfront to acquire all of BluerockTherapeutics, a privately held US-headquartered biotech in which it currently holds more than 40%...
07.08.2019
- In separate transactions still subject to approval by regulatory authorities, Bayer and Lanxess have sold their respective 60% and 40% stakes in German infrastructure company...
31.07.2019
- Cancer sufferers in the US seem to be filing new lawsuits that charge they were harmed by Monsanto’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide faster than current franchise owner Bayer...
29.07.2019
- A third judge has slashed a jury’s damage award to a plaintiff in a lawsuit involving Monsanto’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide. The award reduced last week by Judge Winifred...