Chemical and drug company Bayer AG said Thursday that net profit rose 8.4 percent to €684 million ($1.0 billion) in the first quarter, thanks to rising demand from farmers for chemicals and seeds and from the auto and construction industries for high-tech materials. Full story
New evidence emerged on Friday that women taking Bayer's best-selling contraceptive Yasmin may run a higher risk of dangerous blood clots than those using older birth-control pills. Full story
* Doctors cast doubt on approval for acute illness group Full story
(An earlier version quoted Katherine Kimpel saying a weakeconomy lets companies disguise a multitude of things. Thecorrect quote is "multitude of sins.") Full story
NEW YORK, March 21 (Reuters Legal) - Six former and current employees of a U.S. unit of Bayer AG filed a class-action lawsuit against the company on Monday, alleging gender discrimination in pay, promotions and the treatment of pregnant women and mothers. Full story
The Supreme Court let stand a ruling that drug companies can pay rivals to delay production of generic drugs without violating federal antitrust laws. Full story
Shareholders follow the annual general meeting of German pharmaceutical group Bayer in Cologne, western Germany on April 29, 2011. German chemical giant Bayer revised up its full year forecasts for 2011 on April 28, 2011, pinning its hopes on agrochemistry despite mixed first-quarter results.
COLOGNE, GERMANY - APRIL 29: Wolf-Dietrich Molzow and Andre Sommer , victims who are convinced their physical handicaps were caused by the pregnancy test drug Duogynon pose with a banner to Bayer shareholders at the Bayer general shareholders??? meeting on April 29, 2011 in Cologne, Germany. The v
