Rhabdomyolysis and Kidney Failure related to Baycol usage is a disorder which can involve injury to the kidneys caused by the toxic effects of muscle cells in the blood stream.

Thursday January 24 2002

Bayer Begins Trading on NYSE

By JUDY LIN, Associated Press Writer 

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Shares of Bayer AG posted a modest rise Thursday in the German pharmaceutical company's debut on
the New York Stock Exchange. more

Bayer Says Baycol- Related Deaths Total Around 100
By Steven Silber

FRANKFURT (Reuters)Germany's Bayer AG said on Friday the number of known deaths related to use of the cholesterol drug Baycol, withdrawn from sale last year, had doubled from an earlier estimate of 52.

A Bayer spokesman told Reuters the group was now aware of around 100 deaths linked to use of the
drug.
In August, Bayer withdrew Baycol after it was linked with 52 deaths around the world. The recall will cost the company about 800 million euros ($704.8 million) in lost operating earnings in 2001. more
 

Friday January 18 2002

Bayer: Drug Linked to More Deaths

  BERLIN (AP) - Bayer AG said Friday the estimated number of deaths with a possible link to its anti- cholesterol drug that was withdrawn from the market has risen to 100. 

  The drug, known as Baycol in the United States, was previously thought to have been linked to 52 deaths. It was pulled from the market last August. 

  Spokesman Guenther Forneck said the company was required to disclose the latest estimate in its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (news - web sites) ahead of its share listing Jan. 24 on the New York Stock Exchange (news - web sites). more