Friday January 18, 11:29 am Eastern Time RPT-UPDATE 2-Bayer doubles Baycol-linked deaths estimate
......The news sent shares in Germany's largest drugs group down more than two percent, less than a week before it makes its debut on the New York Stock Exchange and as it seeks partners for its ailing drugs unit.

Baycol Patient Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Bayer According To Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP (Internet Wire)
... Pennsylvania on behalf of all persons who were prescribed the drug Cerivastatin, also known as Baycol (Lipobay outside the United States)....- Oct 01 2001

Bayer grabs No.2 agchems spot with Cropscience (Reuters Securities)
...-- which has been hit hard by the withdrawal in August of its cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol on safety grounds -...- Oct 02 2001

Bayer to Buy Aventis CropScience (AP Financial)
...The withdrawal of Baycol, marketed as Lipobay in many countries, raised speculation that Bayer might sell its drug business...- Oct 02 2001

Bayer to Buy Aventis CropScience (AP)
...The withdrawal of Baycol, marketed as Lipobay in many countries, raised speculation that Bayer might sell its drug business...- Oct 02 2001

Bayer Agrees to Buy CropScience (Reuters)
...-- which has been hit hard by the withdrawal in August of its cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol on safety grounds -...- Oct 02 2001

Bayer clinches Aventis CropScience deal -source (Reuters Securities)
...-- which has been hit hard by the withdrawal in August of its cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol on safety grounds -...- Oct 01 2001

Biotech Stocks Plunge in the Aftermath (PR Newswire)
...German drug company, Bayer AG, withdrew its anti-cholesterol drug, Baycol, in many parts of the world on August 8, 2001 after the medication was linked to 52 deaths....- Oct 01 2001

Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates, LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit On Behalf of Baycol Patients -- BAYZY (PrimeZone)Notice is hereby given that the Law Firm of Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates, LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on behalf of all persons who were prescribed the drug Cerivastatin, also known as Baycol.- Sep 28 2001

The Law Firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Bayer (Business Wire)
... Pennsylvania on behalf of all persons who were prescribed the drug Cerivastatin, also known as Baycol (Lipobay outside the United States)....- Sep 28 2001

Bayer Long-Term Ratings Cut to AA- After Drug Withdrawal and Acquisition Talks; Still on Watch (PR Newswire)...Last month, Bayer withdrew its high-growth cholesterol-lowering agent Baycol/Lipobay due to reports on side effects involving muscular weakness....- Sep 26 2001

Bayer Long-Term Ratings Cut to AA- After Drug Withdrawal and Acquisition Talks (Business Wire)
...Last month, Bayer withdrew its high-growth cholesterol-lowering agent Baycol/Lipobay due to reports on side effects involving muscular weakness....- Sep 26 2001

Cholesterol drug market forecast trimmed-Warburg (Reuters Securities)
Sales of cholesterol-lowering drugs by 2005 will fall short of previous forecasts following the withdrawal of Bayer AG's Baycol but global demand is still set to expand by two-thirds, UBS Warburg said on Monday.- Sep 24 2001

Glaxo, others seen chasing Bayer impotence drug (Reuters Securities)
... companies have already worked together in marketing the ill-fated cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol/Lipobay, which Bayer was forced to withdraw on safety grounds last month....- Sep 25 2001
 

DIT Drug Information Technologies, Inc. and the Baycol Case - An Update Concerning the Use of Cholesterol Lowering Agents (Business Wire)
...A widely used drug, cerivastatin (Baycol(R)) was recently removed from the market under intense media coverage....- Sep 14 2001

Bayer rules out sale of drugs unit, picks next CEO (Reuters Securities)
... a review of its strategy in the wake of the costly withdrawal of its anti-cholesterol drug Baycol/Lipobay last month, which has been linked to some 50 deaths....- Sep 13 2001

Bayer names Wenning CEO, changes strategy (Forbes.com)
...Germany-based Bayer (sales: $26 billion) has seen its stock tumble since the recall of Baycol, a cholesterol drug....- Sep 13 2001

Supervisory Board Supports Board of Management's New Strategy; Bayer Plans to Form Separate Companies For Health Care and Crop Protection (PR Newswire)
...Immediately following the voluntary withdrawal of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipobay/Baycol, Bayer's Board of Management announced that it would review its strategy for the Health Care...- Sep 13 2001

Doctors Say Zyban May Be Linked to Deaths (Reuters)
... spotlight in Germany after it emerged in June that Bayer's blockbuster anti-cholesterol drug Baycol/Lipobay was linked to 52 deaths from muscle weakness....- Sep 12 2001

Patented Peptide Containing 'Cholesterol Fingerprint' Which Binds Cholesterol Licensed to Samaritan by Georgetown University (PR Newswire)
... the German pharmaceutical maker Bayer withdrew Cerivastatin, a Statin sold as Baycol, because of 31 cases of fatal rhabdomyolysis, in America....- Sep 11 2001

Bayer unlikely to relaunch Baycol/Lipobay (Reuters Securities)
Bayer AG is unlikely to relaunch the Baycol/Lipobay cholesterol drug which it withdrew last week, the group's pharmaceuticals head David Ebsworth told Reuters Television on Monday.  Aug 13 2001
 

Bayer says pharma review may only take few weeks (Reuters Securities)
Bayer AG said on Monday it would present the first results of its pharmaceuticals strategy review, prompted by last week's shock withdrawal of key drug Baycol, within a few weeks. - Aug 13 2001

Pfizer sees no damage from Baycol retreat (Reuters Securities)
U.S. drugs group Pfizer Inc does not expect any negative impact on its business from Bayer AG's decision to withdraw its Baycol/Lipobay cholesterol-lowering drug from the market. - - Aug 13 2001
 

DAX gains as Bayer raises pharma unit sale hopes (Reuters Securities)
... ground on growing fears it would face costly lawsuits over deaths linked to its withdrawn Baycol/Lipobay anti-cholesterol treatment....- Aug 13 2001

Bayer says buyers circle embattled drugs unit (Reuters Securities)
...Last week, Bayer withdrew cholesterol drug Baycol/Lipobay amid reports of deadly side effects, sending its stock 20 percent lower over three... - Aug 13 2001

Bayer Sees No Need for 'Rescue' (Reuters)
...-- prompted by the Baycol/Lipobay recall....- Aug 13 2001

Bayer considers pharma sale, minority role in JV (Reuters Securities)
...The recall of anti-cholesterol drug Baycol, which has been linked to 52 deaths worldwide, sent the company's stock plunging and exposed...- Aug 13 2001

Bayer says two groups interested in pharma business (Reuters Securities)
... Schneider told reporters that a review of strategy following the costly withdrawal of key drug Baycol last week would include the issue of whether Bayer -...- Aug 13 2001

Eurostocks turn mixed, D. Telekom off, oils up (Reuters Securities)
... its current problems posed no threat to its existence, but that it was not clear yet if the Baycol anti-cholesterol drug would be relaunched in future....- Aug 13 2001

Merck amends ads to benefit from Baycol recall (Reuters Securities)
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc. on Friday rapidly moved to change an advertising campaign to benefit from the recall this week of Baycol, a cholesterol-reducing drug produced by rival Bayer AG and linked by U.S. health officials to 31 deaths.- Aug 10 2001

AstraZeneca considers new trials for Crestor-paper (Reuters Securities)
... confidence after the Germany's Bayer AG rattled the market by withdrawing its anti-cholesterol drug Baycol....- Aug 12 2001

Bayer to Cut at Least 4,500 Jobs (AP Financial)
Germany's Bayer AG confirmed Friday that it will slash another 2,700 jobs by 2005, finishing off an abysmal week for the pharmaceutical giant that included the withdrawal of its lucrative anti-cholesterol drug Baycol and a second profit warning in as many months.- Aug 10 2001

Bayer to Cut at Least 4,500 Jobs (Associated Press)
Germany's Bayer AG confirmed Friday that it will slash another 2,700 jobs by 2005, finishing off an abysmal week for the pharmaceutical giant that included the withdrawal of its lucrative anti-cholesterol drug Baycol and a second profit warning in as many months. - Aug 10 2001

Pressure mounts on Bayer over drug withdrawal (Reuters Securities)
... into the controversy at the weekend around what he called Bayer's hasty withdrawal of its Baycol/Lipobay drug....- Aug 12 2001

French minister slams Bayer drug withdrawal (Reuters Securities)
...Bayer said last Wednesday it was pulling Baycol/Lipobay with immediate effect across the world because of reports of potentially lethal side...- Aug 12 2001