Biotechnology
Supreme Court holds Monsanto’s patent on GM cotton seeds valid in India
08 Jan 2019
For Monsanto, now owned by German pharma and life sciences major Bayer AG, the apex court ruling involving its business in the world’s biggest producer of the fiber comes as a rare victory
Sterling Bio director Nitin Sandesara, family flee Rs5,000-cr fraud probe
25 Sep 2018
CBI and the ED had, last year, booked five directors of Gujarat-based Sterling Biotech, besides chartered account Hemant Hathi, former Andhra Bank director Anup Garg and some others for cheating banks to the tune of Rs5,300 crore but does not have any clue now about their whereabouts
US regulator approves $62.5 bn Bayer-Monsanto merger
10 Apr 2018
While economists say there is a strong likelihood of market abuse when four companies control 45 per cent of the market, the move by the US department of justice will allow one company to control 77 per cent of all seed corn, 69 per cent of all seed traits and 58-97 per cent of the markets in cotton, soybeans, and canola
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