Keyword: herbicide

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Another Turbulent AGM for Bayer?

24.04.2023 -

Bayer has seen its share of turbulent shareholder meetings, and the event on Apr. 28 is likely to continue in that vein, though it would be tough to top 2019. In that...

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EU Renews Glyphosate License for One Year

06.12.2022 -

The European Commission has provisionally renewed the license of the herbicide active ingredient glyphosate until the end of 2023. Earlier this year, the EU governing...

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Bayer Backs Away from Roundup Science Panel

13.07.2020 -

Bayer has backed away from plans to create a science advisory panel to help decide still outstanding claims from US plaintiffs that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide...

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Part of Bayer’s Roundup Settlement Questioned

10.07.2020 -

Bayer’s relief over its recent deal to settle three-quarters of its outstanding Roundup-related US lawsuits for more than $10 billion altogether could be short-lived.

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EU may seek more Bayer-Monsanto Concessions

20.12.2017 - The European Commission is apparently not entirely satisfied with the concessions Bayer and Monsanto have offered in exchange for approval of their proposed $66 billion merger...

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Uproar in Germany over Glyphosate Vote

30.11.2017 - Germany’s deciding vote in favor of the European Commission’s five-year reprieve for the controversial herbicide chemical glyphosate at the Nov. 27 meeting of the EU’s Standing...

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EU Extends Glyphosate License for Five Years

28.11.2017 - On its seventh try, the EU’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed at a meeting on Nov. 27 agreed to extend the license of the herbicide chemical glyphosate for five...

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EU’s Glyphosate Vote Fails Yet Again

10.11.2017 - For the second time in two weeks and the sixth time altogether, an EU expert panel has failed to agree on whether to extend the license of the herbicide chemical glyphosate at all...