Bayer lagged on warnings: report
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- A government official who first warned of dangers in Merck&#39;s arthritis drug Vioxx is now pointing a finger at Bayer AG, charging that the firm held back evidence of a deadly side effect of its cholesterol drug Baycol.
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The acting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner on Monday disputed a published report that said agency officials knew before Oct. 5 that British health authorities might suspend
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A drug being developed by Bayer AG and  Onyx Pharmaceuticals shrank tumors in 9 percent of liver cancer  patients in a mid-stage clinical trial, the companies said on  Wednesday.
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In an Aug. 31 story on Bayer AG's quarterly earnings, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the German drug and chemical company acquired U.S. group Lyondell Chemical.
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's second-largest drug maker, began a campaign to challenge a report that linked its diabetes drug Avandia to heart risks and caused its stock to decline 11 percent in the eight days through Tuesday. The shares rose yesterday.
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Novartis AG, Switzerland&#39;s largest drugmaker, said the US Food and Drug Administration has delayed approval of its Certican transplant treatment and is seeking more information on safe and effective dosing.
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Novartis AG lowered its full-year results outlook as generic competition pressured sales of a key blood-pressure drug, and said U.S. regulators had delayed the approval process for an important cancer treatment.
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In a move that could lead to a criminal investigation, the government is checking its records to determine if drug maker Bayer AG was forthcoming about safety concerns with
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An advocacy group criticized the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday for sometimes taking six months or more to notify the public about dangerous products, and complained that it took some companies nearly three years to report hazards to the agency.
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The news that one of Bayer's over-the-counter painkillers may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes barely fazed shareholders.
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A new study states that Bayer AG was too slow in withdrawing Baycol, a cholesterol-lowering medicine called a statin, from the market.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials are pushing for a "black box" warning of the risk of heart attack on GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.
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Bayer HealthCare, a U.S.-based unit of Bayer AG  , stopped a late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients  with non-small cell lung cancer, after an independent data  monitoring committee concluded that the study would not meet  the main goal of improved overall survival.
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The German pharmaceutical giant Bayer is no stranger to health and safety scares. Three years ago, it had to pull its cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol from the market and
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AstraZeneca Plc, the UK&#39;s second-biggest drugmaker, delayed the regulatory filing of its diabetes medicine Galida by a year to 2007, a setback that comes a month after US scientists questioned
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The World Cup soccer tournament helped lift Adidas profits in 2006, but the German sportwear maker warned Wednesday that earnings growth would slow this year because of difficulties at US unit Reebok.
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The Bayer Corporation, a subsidiary of the Bayer Group of Germany, has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $33 million criminal fine for taking part in a conspiracy