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Shares in Bayer and Lanxess gained 4.2% and 3.8%, respectively, at 0800 GMT after securing a better-than-expected price after months of negotiations

Lanxess, Bayer sell chemical park operator to Macquarie

Business / 07 Aug

The wave of lawsuits has crashed onto Bayer since its takeover of US seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto last year for $63 billion

Bayer facing 18,400 US cases over glyphosate

Business / 30 Jul

Bayer paid $63 billion for Monsanto last year

US judge slashes Roundup jury award to $25.3m

Business / 16 Jul

Bayer is seeking to address the fallout from US class-action litigation over glyphosate

Bayer to invest €5 billion in new weedkillers

Business / 14 Jun

Bayer said in a statement that it was disappointed with the Roundup verdict and would appeal

Bayer stock falls on $2 billion award in Roundup trial

Business / 14 May

Bayer has seen about €30 billion wiped off its market value since August

Bayer gets Monsanto profit boost but legal burden grows

Business / 25 Apr

Hoping to ditch Monsanto's reputation, Bayer has said it plans to drop the name from its products

Five things to know about Bayer and Monsanto

Business / 20 Mar

A wave of lawsuits has put pressure on Bayer since its $63-billion takeover of Roundup maker Monsanto last year

Investors flee Bayer after second Roundup trial blow

Business / 20 Mar

Roundup Pro 360 is banned in France from today

France bans weed-killer after court ruling

Europe / 15 Jan

In 2015, the cancer unit of the WHO classified glyphosate as 'probably carcinogenic to humans'

US judge upholds Monsanto verdict but slashes award

World / 23 Oct 18

Germany's Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices has ordered the country's main drug industry associations to gather information on the effect of a no-deal Brexit

Germany advises drug makers to examine supply chain

Business / 29 Aug 18

Bayer shares plunge 14% after Roundup cancer trial

Business / 13 Aug 18

Russia's competition regulator has approved Bayer's planned takeover of Monsanto

Russian nod moves Bayer closer to Monsanto deal

Business / 20 Apr 18

The Bayer-Monsanto deal would create a company with a share of over a quarter of the world's seed and pesticides market

Bayer reaches deal with US for approval to buy Monsanto

Business / 10 Apr 18

The Bayer-Monsanto deal is set to create a company with control of more than a quarter of the world's seed and pesticides market

Bayer wins EU approval for $62.5 billion Monsanto buy

Business / 21 Mar 18

The proposed deal has triggered protests from environmental and farming groups worried about their market power

Bayer to win EU approval for $62 billion Monsanto deal

Business / 28 Feb 18

BASF is the world's third-largest maker of crop chemicals

BASF to buy seeds, herbicide businesses from Bayer

Business / 13 Oct 17

Monsanto reaffirms its ongoing earnings per share target and raised its gross profit outlook for its seeds and genomics unit

Monsanto profit tops expectations on soybean sales

Business / 28 Jun 17

Monsanto is in the process of being bought by Germany's Bayer for $66 billion.

Monsanto posts better than expected jump in Q2 profit

Business / 05 Apr 17

Bayer wants to combine its crop chemicals business with Monsanto's industry leading seeds business

Bayer confirms $66 billion takeover of Monsanto

Business / 14 Sep 16

Monsanto said Bayer's bid of $125 per share was 'financially inadequate' to ensure a deal

Monsanto calls Bayer's raised bid 'insufficient'

Business / 19 Jul 16

Bayer sweetens its $64 billion bid for Monsanto

Bayer sweetens offer for hesitant Monsanto

Business / 15 Jul 16

The deal between Bayer and Monsanto would create the world's biggest agricultural supplier

Bayer announces $62bn cash offer for Monsanto

Business / 23 May 16

German group Bayer confirms talks to acquire US agriculture group Monsanto

German pharma giant Bayer in talks to buy Monsanto

Business / 19 May 16

Germany's Bayer in deal to buy Merck's over-the-counter business

Bayer to buy Merck's OTC business for $14 billion

Business / 06 May 14

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