{"id":93585,"date":"2025-08-19T05:29:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/93585\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T05:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:29:06","slug":"bayers-plan-to-contain-still-spiraling-suits-against-glyphosate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/93585\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer\u2019s plan to contain still spiraling suits against glyphosate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bayer will \u201csignificantly contain\u201d glyphosate litigation by the end of 2026, CEO Bill Anderson said \u2026 during the company\u2019s second-quarter 2025 earnings call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery decision we make has the goal of positioning the company to move past our litigation woes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company has r<a href=\"https:\/\/agfundernews.com\/glyphosate-is-safe-facing-tens-of-thousands-of-lawsuits-bayer-names-ongoing-roundup-related-litigation-a-top-priority\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">epeatedly said<\/a>\u00a0this litigation\u2014which has been ongoing since Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018\u2014is \u201ca huge burden\u201d on company financials thanks to payouts to plaintiffs alleging that the weed killer caused them to develop cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the latest news and policy debates on sustainable agriculture, biomedicine, and other \u2018disruptive\u2019 innovations. Subscribe to our newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Bayer has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agfundernews.com\/bayer-responds-to-new-glyphosate-study-it-is-clear-this-study-has-serious-methodological-flaws\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">repeatedly said<\/a>\u00a0it stands behind \u201cthe safety and non-carcinogenicity\u201d of glyphosate.<\/p>\n<p>The company is currently awaiting word from the Solicitor General as to whether the supreme court will take up [a] case\u2014in which the plaintiff sued after attributing his non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma to Roundup exposure\u2014around an appeal of a lower court\u2019s $1.25 million verdict in a Missouri state court.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe welcome this step, and we expect a recommendation in the coming weeks or months,\u201d Anderson said of SCOTUS asking for input from the Solicitor General.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision keeps intact the broader timeline of having a SCOTUS ruling by summer of next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agfundernews.com\/bayer-turning-over-every-stone-to-significantly-contain-glyphosate-litigation-by-end-of-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">This is an excerpt. Read the original post here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bayer will \u201csignificantly contain\u201d glyphosate litigation by the end of 2026, CEO Bill Anderson said \u2026 during the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[200,79],"class_list":["post-93585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-genetics","tag-genetics","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}