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Bayer warns that the costs of its settlement over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer would be higher

Bayer takes €9.25 billion writedown

Business • 03 Nov 20

Bayer is seeking to revive its women's healthcare business.

Bayer buys UK-based biotech KaNDy Therapeutics

Business • 11 Aug 20

The settlement involves about 125,000 filed and unfiled claims

Bayer agrees to pay $10.9bn to settle Roundup claims

Business • 24 Jun 20

Bayer said in April it has been served with cases from 52,500 US plaintiffs who blame Roundup and other glyphosate-based weedkillers for their cancer

Bayer makes progress in settlement talks over Roundup

Business • 25 May 20

Bayer said the economic downturn has prompted it to take a tougher stance in talks to settle claims its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer

Bayer more stringent in glyphosate settlement talks

Business • 27 Apr 20

Farmers will not be allowed to use the insecticide, sold under brands Calypso and Biscaya, after April 30 this year

EU bans Bayer pesticide linked to harming bees

Business • 13 Jan 20

Bayer is widely expected to eventually settle to buy itself out of the glyphosate litigation wave

Number of glyphosate plaintiffs jumps to 42,700 - Bayer

Business • 30 Oct 19

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 19

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 19

Bayer paid $63 billion for Monsanto last year

US judge slashes Roundup jury award to $25.3m

Business • 16 Jul 19

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 19

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 19

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 19

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 19

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 19

Roundup Pro 360 is banned in France from today

France bans weed-killer after court ruling

Europe • 15 Jan 19

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

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