Keyword: Marijn Dekkers

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The Chemicals Economy at Halftime in 2012

25.09.2012 - Market Overview - With the euro crisis biting ever harder, the US economy still staggering under a formidable debt burden and even the Chinese growth engine sputtering, the chief...

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Bayer CEO Decries Pressure to Lower Drug Prices

20.09.2012 - Pressure from governments to lower drug prices risks undermining medical innovation, Bayer's chief executive Marjin Dekkers said on Wednesday, echoing complaints of other drug...

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Bayer CEO Says Greek Euro Exit May Help

02.09.2012 - Leaving the euro zone could help Greece to recover economically and prevent the region's debt crisis from spreading, the head of German drugmaker Bayer was quoted as saying in a...

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Bayer Sets Ambitious Targets for 2014

23.03.2012 - The Bayer Group sees good perspectives for its businesses in the medium term. "In the life science areas - HealthCare and CropScience - we anticipate further increases in sales and...

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Bayer Profit Hit By Weak Plastics Business

29.02.2012 - German chemicals and drugs group Bayer posted a 9% drop in fourth-quarter profit as price rises failed to offset soaring oil-derived raw materials costs at its plastics division...

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Bayer's M&A Prospects: Big Bang Or Bolt-On?

21.03.2011 - Bayer's Chief Executive Marijn Dekkers came with M&A credentials from his previous job last year and investors have been looking for clues where he plans to take the 147 year-old...

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Bayer Plastics Unit Could Be M&A Currency

23.02.2011 - Germany's Bayer could use its MaterialScience unit as "currency" should the company decide to pursue a large acquisition, its chief executive told the Financial Times. The unit...

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New Bayer CEO Could Spend €17 Billion For M&A

29.09.2010 - Bayer could spend around €17 billion of its war chest for acquisitions to boost its healthcare and seeds businesses, its incoming chief executive said just days before taking the...