FRANKFURT— Bayer AG’s big push into the U.S. agrochemical market with its planned acquisition of Monsanto Co. could help it offset a growing problem on its home turf: increasingly stringent European regulation.
Fearing they may be held responsible for the nation's expanding waistline, U.S. food and beverage makers are going on the defensive with obesity. Though U.S. food manufacturers cite a long tradition
Malaria cases are rising at a worrisome rate among U.S. travelers. The disease, which brings sky-high fevers and bone-shaking chills, was largely eradicated in the U.S. in the 1940s. But during the
Bristol-Myers Squibb co. has asked New York investment bank goldman Sachs Group Inc. to explore a host of alternative strategies that might help remedy that pharmaceutical concern's looming
The arrival of Lexapro, made by Forest Laboratories Inc., is expected as early as this month, and many patients and doctors are eagerly waiting. Everyone's going to want to try it on some patients',
Brain implants have restored a rudimentary from of vision to several blind patients, medical experts claimed. The eight surgeries, on patients between 27 and 77 years of age, took place in Portugal
Five months ago, soccer's governing body declared the 2002 World Cup tournament tobacco-free. Some one forgot to tell the cigarette companies. In Malaysia fans, tuning into televised World Cup games
A federal advisory panel, weighing the risks of bioterrorists attacks in the U.S. voted to recommended to senior health officials that smallpox vaccinations not be offered to the general public in
China's Ministry of Health said the July 1 enforcement of safety rules won't delay food imports that contain genetically modified organisms, which have been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture.
The US and the European Commission have decided to support poor countries that want to obtain AIDS drugs from Indian and Brazilian companies that flout international patents. However, activists
Heading in the opposite direction of the U.S. the European Union is moving to reform its agriculture programs to stop farmers from producing mountains of surplus milk, grain and beef.
