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Re:Bayer confirms $66bn Monsanto takeover by pearjuice on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @09:07AM (#12496442)
>Bayer has been involved in controversies regarding some of its drug products; its statin drug Baycol (cerivastatin) was discontinued in 2001 after 52 people died from renal failure, and Trasylol (aprotinin), used to control bleeding during major surgery, was withdrawn from the markets worldwide when reports of increased mortality emerged; it was later re-introduced in Europe but not in the US.[0]

Can't wait to see what "pharmaceutical" solutions they will bring up together!

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer

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Re:Bayer confirms $66bn Monsanto takeover by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @09:18AM (#12496529)
Of course there are controversies. They are damned if they do and damned if they don't. We have half the folks crying "Hurry up approval of life-saving drugs! Stop stalling! Too much paperwork!" and the other half "Condemn the heartless drug company that rushed in a drug that killed (some) people! No blood for profit!"
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