© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Logo of Bayer AG is pictured on the annual outcomes information convention of the German drugmaker in Leverkusen, Germany February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
By Brendan Pierson
(Reuters) – Bayer (OTC:) was ordered on Tuesday to pay practically $3.5 million by a Philadelphia jury that discovered the corporate’s Roundup weedkiller brought about a lady’s most cancers, the corporate stated, the newest in a string of trial losses for the corporate because it tries to fend off hundreds of comparable lawsuits.
The verdict marks the fifth consecutive loss for Bayer, however it’s a lot smaller than latest verdicts in opposition to the corporate that whole $2 billion. The German conglomerate has confronted stress from some buyers to achieve a speedy settlement of the litigation with the intention to keep away from additional hefty trial verdicts.
