CEO sees Bayer 'massively' affected by herbicide litigation

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Bayer's chief executive on Thursday acknowledged the German maker of pharma...

Werner Baumann, CEO of Bayer AG speaks during the annual results news conference of the German drugmaker in Leverkusen, Germany February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

“We have lost two cases in lower courts. That is why the company is massively affected. You see it in our share price,” CEO Werner Baumann said in a panel discussion at an academic business event in Cologne. Bayer has seen about 30 billion euros wiped off its market value since August, when a U.S. jury found Bayer liable because Monsanto, acquired by Bayer for $63 billion last year, had not warned of weedkiller Roundup’s alleged cancer risks.“There’s lots of politicking, campaigning and propaganda that goes entirely against the current regulatory status of our products. That has prompted U.S.

 

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Imagine how egotistic you have to be to think that buying Monsanto ( and all its troubles) and firing all redundant employees would be the best move you could make. This guy deserves good hard lesson.

About bloody time. Your chemicals are killing nature and killing us

GOOD.

Thoughts and prayers

Bayer rimes with killer

They bought that fucking Monsanto. Lets sing 'round here.

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