24.09.2014
- Frank H. Lutz (45) has been appointed CFO of Bayer MaterialScience effective October 1, 2014. He succeeds Dr. Axel Steiger-Bagel, who takes over on November 1 as Senior Bayer...
23.09.2014
- Bayer is said to have chosen investment bank Rothschild to advise on its plan for an initial public offering (ipo) of engineering plastics sub-group Bayer MaterialScience (BMS)...
18.09.2014
- In a move both expected and unexpected - at least in terms of its timing - Bayer has announced plans to float its engineering plastics arm, Bayer MaterialScience. In an ad hoc...
16.09.2014
- Roche's cancer drug Avastin as a cheaper treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD), a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, does not appear to increase deaths...
15.09.2014
- Bayer HealthCare has completed the sale of its interventional device business to Boston Scientific for $ 415 million. The German company said the divestment will allow its medical...
12.09.2014
- Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has announced plans to add a 3,500 t/y production train to its Desmopan thermoplastic elastomers (TPU) plant at Cuddalore in India'sTamil Nadu state...
04.09.2014
- Beekeepers in Canada's Ontario province are suing global chemical producers Syngenta and Bayer for $450 million, alleging that their neonicotinoid-based (neonic) pesticides are...
02.09.2014
- The first half suggests that 2014 will be a record year for M&A in pharmaceuticals, with the size of deals having increased substantially over prior years. In 2011, the deal volume...
