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U.S. health regulators have warned drugmaker Bayer over quality control issues at a plant that makes the key ingredient in Yaz and other popular birth control drugs.
German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer AG announced Tuesday that it has tapped Marijn Dekkers to take over as its chief executive in October 2010.
Bayer CropScience said Wednesday that a West Virginia plant will reduce its storage of a toxic chemical that was in danger of being released in a deadly explosion nearly a year ago.
A consumer advocacy group on Thursday threatened to sue Bayer Healthcare if it continues to claim its One-A-Day vitamins for men reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
German drug and chemical maker Bayer AG reported Tuesday a 58 percent jump in fourth quarter net profit despite difficult market conditions, and said it expected further growth at its health care and crop science divisions in 2009.
Pharmaceutical and chemical maker Bayer AG has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that drugmaker Abbott Laboratories' best-selling drug, Humira, infringes on a decade-old Bayer patent.
Pharmaceutical and chemical maker Bayer AG said Friday the company would increase its research and development spending above the current euro2.8 billion ($3.75 billion) and called on the government for tax breaks for such spending.
German medical conglomerate Bayer will pay $97.5 million to settle U.S. government allegations that it paid kickbacks to medical suppliers to boost sales of its diabetes products.
Drug and chemical company Bayer AG said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit fell 76 percent on higher costs for energy and raw materials in what it termed a difficult market, but confirmed its guidance for the rest of 2008.
Bayer AG said Tuesday that its third-quarter profit nearly quadrupled with help from a massive tax gain, and the drug and chemical maker lifted its sales outlook for the year.
Bayer AG said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings surged, buoyed by strong growth in its health care business, and the drug and chemical maker forecast that annual group sales would rise at least 5 percent as it benefits from the acquisition of rival Schering AG.
The drugmaker Bayer AG said Friday that it will cut 6,100 jobs, or 5.5 percent of its work force, as it integrates Schering AG into its health care unit. More than half of the cuts will be in Europe, but about 1,000 positions will be eliminated in the United States.
The Agriculture Department approved for human consumption a type of genetically engineered rice that had contaminated domestic rice supplies last summer.
Colony Collapse: Are Potent Pesticides Killing Honeybees?The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being sued by the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) for withholding details about the impact of neonicotinoids — a class of widely used pesticides — on honeybees and other pollinators.
Bayer gets "stiffed" by erection- pill heist | ReutersA gang of four looted 4.9 million euros ($6.9 million) worth of potency pills in a burglary at Bayer AG's headquarters, the company said on Monday.
Bayer Ads Misleading Men About Prostate Cancer, Says CSPIEXCERPT: The Center for Science in the Public Interest has notified Bayer Healthcare that it will sue the company if it continues to claim that the selenium in its One A Day vitamins may reduce men's risk of prostate cancer, the health group announced today.
Readying Americans for Dangerous, Mandatory VaccinationsAt least three US federal laws should concern all Americans and suggest what may be coming - mandatory vaccinations for hyped, non-existant threats, like H1N1 (Swine Flu).
W.V State Univ tries to reduce possibility of chemical nightmareStudents and Faculty at W.V. State urge Bayer to remove MIC from Kanawha Valley. MIC responsible for thousands of deaths in Bhopal.
Trying to Limit Disclosure on Explosion Last August, an explosion tore through the Bayer CropScience chemical plant here, killing two employees and raising the fears of residents in what has long been known as Chemical Valley.
Bayer Animal Health :: Help Your Pet, Get to the Vet Campaign Foots the Bill, So Pets Dont Pay the PriceExcerpt: Advantage(R) Topical Solution from Bayer Animal Health announced today the Help Your Pet, Get to the Vet Campaign with a mission to distribute more than $250,000 in $20 Veterinary Vouchers and offer valuable money-saving information to help offset costs and concerns for …
Koranic Scientist: Bayer Invented Cure for AIDS on the Basis of Muhammad's "Wings of Flies" Hadith"Dr. Ahmad Al-Muzain: The Prophet Muhammad said: "If a fly falls into your drink, you should dip it in the drink, and then dispose of the fly, because one of its wings bears a disease, and the other wing bears the cure." This hadith was included in the Al-Bukhari collection."
12 Things You Should Know About Aspirin - Health - usnews.comAspirin, that old standard in everyone's medicine chest, can really pack a wallop.
Italy Bans Pesticides Linked to Bee DevastationThe Italian government banned the use of several neonicotinoid pesticides that are blamed for the deaths of millions of honeybees.
EPA Buzz Kill - What Are They Hiding About Colony Collapse Disorder?Is the Agency Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information? NRDC Forced to Sue to Get Public Records on Bee Mystery WASHINGTON - August 18 - The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit today to uncover critical information that the US government is withholding about …
Germany bans pesticides linked to honeybee devastationGermany has banned a family of pesticides that are blamed for the deaths of millions of honeybees. The German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has suspended the registration for eight pesticide seed treatment products used in rapeseed oil and sweetcorn.
Biotechs Patenting the "Climate Genes"The world's largest seed and agrochemical corporations are stockpiling hundreds of monopoly patents on genes in plants that the companies will market as crops genetically engineered to withstand environmental stresses such as drought, heat, cold, floods, saline soils, and more.
Germany bans chemicals linked to honeybee devastationAt the same time other Nations are cutting back on toxic chemicals, the US is doing away with reporting and tracking of chemicals. Compounding the toxic effects will be the addition of the gmo sugar beets, new for 2008 planting.
Mass death of bees in Germany: Pesticide approvals suspendedBee colony collapse is spreading in Europe as well as North America. One suspected cause is increased use worldwide of neonicotinoid pesticides, two of which are among Bayer's most lucrative chemical products.
60 Minutes Story on Trasylol 22,000 DeathsA renowned medical researcher estimates that 22,000 patients could have been saved if the Food and Drug Administration removed the heart surgery drug Trasylol two years ago.
FDA Killed 22,000 By Delaying Bayer Drug RecallThe lives of 22,000 patients could have been saved if U.S. regulators had been quicker to remove a Bayer AG drug used to stem bleeding during open heart surgery, according to a medical researcher interviewed by CBS Television's 60 Minutes program.
Bayer recalls Contour test strips for diabetesA unit of Bayer AG recalled diabetes test strips used with its Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter because they may result in 5 to 17 percent higher blood glucose readings, the U.S.
The 10 Most Insane Medical Practices in History....Have you ever been left with the impression after a thorough poking, prodding and testicular cupping at the doctor's office that perhaps they don't always know what's best? The thought is usually pushed from your mind, after all these people had to go through years of school …
Global Companies Issue Climate Change Roadmap3c_roadmap.jpg In advance of the upcoming climate change negotiations in Bali, Indonesia, 3C, or Combat Climate Change, the organization formed in January by companies that include ABB, Vattenfall, Bayer, Duke Energy, GE and Siemens, has issued a climate roadmap (PDF) recommendin …
FDA Calls for the Recall of Trasylol in the Health MarketThought this would be of interest to anyone having a heart operation anytime soon. Maybe they would like to talk this over with their doctor.
Bayer Can't Stop the BleedingBayer is pulling its anti-bleeding drug Trasylol from the market, the WSJ reports, in light of growing evidence that the drug carries a higher risk of death than similar drugs.
Bayer Suffers From Price Fixing HeadacheGerman antitrust authorities have searched pharmaceutical company Bayer's offices in connection with allegations it fixed prices with over 11,000 German pharmacies.
"Never let your best friend walk behind you if you don't want to know the truth." -Melissa Mermaid
Century ago medicaments has been some grass in the grand mom garden. Today we have pharmacy in range of supermarket. If this will continue with the same speed than after 10 years we will need special room for medicament and helping tools.
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