Weedkiller Roundup to Pay $10.9 Billion to Settle Cancer Lawsuits
FILE PHOTO: The brand of Bayer AG is pictured on the facade of the historical headquarters of the German pharmaceutical and chemical maker in Leverkusen, Germany, April 27, 2020. (Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay/Report Photograph)
The German medication and insecticides maker has come to phrases with about 75% of the present Roundup plaintiffs, involving about 125,000 filed and unfiled claims total, it stated in a observation on Wednesday.
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Bayer AG agreed to settle US proceedings claiming that its widely-used weedkiller Roundup led to most cancers for up to $10.nine billion after greater than a 12 months of talks, resolving litigation that has hit the corporate’s proportion value.
The German medication and insecticides maker has come to phrases with about 75% of the present Roundup plaintiffs, involving about 125,000 filed and unfiled claims total, it stated in a observation on Wednesday.
The settled circumstances account for roughly 95% of the ones these days set for trial, it added.
“The Roundup agreement is the best motion on the proper time for Bayer to convey an extended length of uncertainty to an finish,” Bayer Leader Government Werner Baumann stated.
The corporate added it’ll make a cost of $Eight.Eight-$nine.6 billion to unravel the present Roundup litigation – together with an allowance anticipated to hide unresolved claims – and $1.25 billion to make stronger a separate magnificence settlement to handle possible long run litigation.
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