Insights and Stories on Bayer

Roundup cancer verdict sends Bayer shares sliding

Aug. 13, 2018 at 1:25 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer shares plunged as much as 14 per cent on Monday, losing about US$14 billion in value, after newly acquired Monsanto was ordered to pay US$289 million in damages in the first of possibly thousands of U.S. lawsuits over alleged links between a weedkiller […]

Glyphosate maker Monsanto ruled liable in U.S. cancer trial

Aug. 12, 2018 at 10:45 pm CDT

By Tina Bellon

Bottles of Roundup herbicide on a shelf.

U.S. judge allows Roundup-related suits to go to trial

Jul. 10, 2018 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Tina Bellon

Brazil judge orders Monsanto to deposit royalties related to GMO seed

Jul. 4, 2018 at 11:07 am CDT

By Ana Mano

With deal to close this week, Bayer to retire Monsanto name

Jun. 4, 2018 at 1:35 pm CDT

By Ludwig Burger

Canada clears Bayer’s Monsanto play, with conditions

May. 31, 2018 at 8:04 pm CDT

Canada’s Competition Bureau says it’s “actively reviewing” BASF’s suitability as a buyer of the crop seed and chemical assets Bayer has to sell to get the bureau’s blessing to buy Monsanto. The Competition Bureau said Wednesday it has an agreement with Bayer to deal with “concerns that the proposed transaction […]

By Staff

Bayer wins U.S. nod for Monsanto deal to create ag giant

May. 29, 2018 at 3:34 pm CDT

Frankfurt/Washington | Reuters — Bayer won U.S. approval for its planned takeover of Monsanto after agreeing to sell about US$9 billion in assets, clearing a major hurdle for the US$62.5 billion deal that will create by far the largest seeds and pesticides maker. Makan Delrahim, who heads the U.S. Justice […]

By diane-bartz Ludwig Burger

Bayer cuts Monsanto synergy target on divestments

May. 25, 2018 at 9:31 pm CDT

Bonn | Reuters — Bayer said positive synergy effects from the planned takeover of U.S. seeds and chemical firm Monsanto would be about US$300 million below its previous target because it will sell more businesses than initially expected to get antitrust approval. Bayer CEO Werner Baumann again threw his weight […]

By Patricia Weiss

EU nations back ban on all outdoor neonic use

Apr. 27, 2018 at 11:18 am CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European Union countries backed a proposal on Friday to ban all use outdoors of insecticides known as neonicotinoids that studies have shown can harm bees. The ban, championed by environmental activists, covers the use of three active substances — imidacloprid, developed by Bayer CropScience; clothianidin, developed […]

By philip-blenkinsop

BASF set to pick up Bayer’s Poncho, ILeVO treatments

Apr. 27, 2018 at 4:01 am CDT

Bayer’s seed treatments Poncho and ILeVO could soon have a new owner, as part of another deal with fellow German chemical firm BASF. BASF, which last October agreed to buy several Bayer CropScience assets including its global glufosinate-ammonium herbicide business and LibertyLink trait, announced another 1.7 billion-euro (C$2.65 billion) deal […]