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Bayer Closes $14.2 Billion Buy of Merck & Co OTC

06.10.2014 - Bayer has closed its $14.2 billion acquisition of US Merck & Co's $2.2 billion consumer care business after the transaction was approved by anti-trust authorities in all markets...

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Polycarbonate Compounds in Automotive Glazing Applications

06.10.2014 - Automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are evaluating every possible opportunity to reduce vehicle weight to achieve fuel savings and reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2)...

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Frank H. Lutz to be new CFO of Bayer MaterialScience

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...

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Bayer Said to Have Tapped Rothschild for BMS Float

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)...

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Bayer to Seek Initial Public Offering for MaterialScience Arm

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...

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Lucentis and Avastin Said to Have Similar Side Effects

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...

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Bayer Completes Sale of Interventional Device Business

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...

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Bayer to Add Second Line to Indian TPU Plant

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...