Bayer Threatens to Stop Roundup Weedkiller Sales in US Over Litigation Costs March 10, 2025 By Patricia Weiss and Ludwig Burger Bayer has told U.S. lawmakers it could stop selling Roundup weedkiller unless they can strengthen legal protection against product liability...
Update: Bayer Investor Calls for Rethink After Latest Glyphosate Defeat November 1, 2023 By Patricia Weiss and Svea Herbst-Bayliss Bayer investor Union Investment called on Wednesday for the German company to reconsider its litigation strategy for glyphosate and a...
BioNTech Faces First German Lawsuit Over Alleged COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects June 12, 2023 By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss BioNTech will go to court on Monday to defend itself against a lawsuit from a German woman who is seeking...
Bayer Books Additional $4.5 Billion for Roundup Litigation July 30, 2021 By Patricia Weiss Bayer said on Thursday it would book an additional provision of $4.5 billion related to litigation which alleges that its...
Bayer Will Appeal U.S. Court Ruling on PCBs If Necessary July 28, 2021 By Patricia Weiss German chemicals maker Bayer said on Wednesday it may appeal an order in a U.S. legal case to pay $185...
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...
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...
Jury Awards $265M to Farmer Claiming Drifting Herbicides Damaged His Orchard February 17, 2020 By Patricia Weiss A Missouri jury’s $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF...
Bayer Detects and Covertly Monitors Cyber Attack – Before It Removes Threat April 4, 2019 By Patricia Weiss and Ludwig Burger German drugmaker Bayer has contained a cyber attack it believes was hatched in China, the company said, highlighting the risk...