Insurers Remain Unfazed by Risks of Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Vaccine October 12, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain, Carolyn Cohn and Ludwig Burger The world is racing towards a vaccine in record time, stirring public concerns about safety to the extent that nine...
9 Coronavirus Vaccine Developers Pledge to Uphold Scientific Safety Standards September 7, 2020 By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss Nine leading U.S. and European vaccine developers pledged on Tuesday to uphold the scientific standards that their experimental immunisations will...
AstraZeneca Gets Protection from Future Product Liability Claims for COVID Vaccine August 3, 2020 By Ludwig Burger and Pushkala Aripaka AstraZeneca has been granted protection from future product liability claims related to its COVID-19 vaccine hopeful by most of the...
Bayer to Settle 100,000 Roundup Weedkiller Cancer Claims for $10.9 Billion June 24, 2020 By Ludwig Burger and Tina Bellon FRANKFURT/NEW YORK- Bayer AG, after more than a year of talks, agreed to pay as much as $10.9 billion to...
Court Rebuffs EPA, Blocks U.S. Sale of Dicamba-Based Herbicide by Bayer, Rivals June 4, 2020 By Sabahatjahan Contractor, Ludwig Burger and Tom Polansek A U.S. appeals court has blocked Bayer AG from selling an agricultural weed killer in the United States, the latest...
How Coronavirus Shutdown Impacts Bayer Stance in Glyphosate Settlement April 29, 2020 By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss Bayer said the economic downturn and the need to preserve cash means it is taking a tougher stance in talks...
Bayer Anticipates Jump in Cancer Claims Linked to Roundup’s Glyphosate October 16, 2019 By Ludwig Burger Bayer expects the number of claims in the United States related to Roundup herbicide to have surged in the third...
Daimler Recalls Thousands of Mercedes-Benz Vehicles over Diesel Emissions October 14, 2019 By Ludwig Burger German carmaker Daimler is recalling hundreds of thousands of Mercedes-Benz vehicles including Sprinter van models over diesel emissions issues. Daimler...
Report Bayer Offered $8 Billion to Settle Roundup Claims Is ‘Fiction,’ Says Mediator August 11, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel and Ludwig Burger Bayer AG has not offered to pay billions of dollars to settle claims in the United States related to the...
Bayer Shareholders React Positively About Plan to Resolve Glyphosate Lawsuits June 28, 2019 By Tassilo Hummel and Ludwig Burger Bayer shares jumped on Thursday after it revealed plans aimed at resolving multi-billion dollar lawsuits linked to glyphosate, a move...