
US Merck Fails to Transfer all Talc Liability to Bayer
A move by US drugmaker Merck & Co. to have Bayer assume all liability for lawsuits alleging that the talc-based Dr. Scholl's foot powder causes cancer has failed, at least in the first instance.

A move by US drugmaker Merck & Co. to have Bayer assume all liability for lawsuits alleging that the talc-based Dr. Scholl's foot powder causes cancer has failed, at least in the first instance.

A French farmer who said he suffered neurological problems including memory loss, fainting and headaches after inhaling fumes from Bayer’s Lasso-branded herbicide in an agricultural accident, has won compensation of €11,135, ending more than 15 years of litigation.

John Wood Group has settled a lawsuit brought by Enterprise Products relating to delays on a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) project in Mont Belvieu, Texas, USA.

A US federal court has ordered Eli Lilly to pay over $61 million in damages after whistleblower Ronald Streck filed a lawsuit alleging that the drugmaker had underpaid rebates required under the Medicaid program.

Pfizer and BioNTech are fighting back against CureVac’s lawsuit that asserts the makers of the Comirnaty-branded mRNA vaccine for Covid-19 infringed its patent.
