12.09.2016
- As it prepares to pay a higher price to acquire US agrochemicals giant Monsanto – if it comes to a deal at all – Bayer is said to be exploring the sale of its dermatology business...
20.06.2016
- As it continues to pursue the acquisition of Monsanto for $62 billion, or possibly more, Germany’s Bayer is seen as potentially exploring a sale of its radiology supplies unit...
04.04.2016
- Until recently, few outsiders would have called the agricultural chemicals sector exciting. It’s hard to imagine, for example, a thriller or torrid love story or even a poem set in...
18.06.2015
- Sandoz, Inc., the US arm of Novartis’ generic drugs division, is asking the Supreme Court of the US state of Mississippi to reverse a county court’s $38.2 million judgment against...
02.03.2015
- Bayer managing board member Werner Bauman, recently named to head the HealthCare sub-group, has vowed to fight for the independence of Germany's largest drugmaker after the carve...
16.10.2014
- Bayer soon may find itself regretting its decision to sell its plastics business and become a pure life science player. According to international press reports, the German group's...
15.02.2013
- Merck & Co has agreed to pay $688 million to settle two U.S. class-action lawsuits by shareholders who said they lost money because the company concealed the poor results of a...
16.04.2012
- Mergers and acquisitions designed from the start to enhance or leverage companies' distinctive strengths significantly outperform transactions that are not capabilities- driven...