The Bayer Monsanto deal is set to get done June 7, following the receipt of all required approvals from regulatory authorities.

Not everyone was pleased with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) approval of German drug and chemical giant Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto this week. After Bayer agreed to sell $9 billion worth of canola, soybean, and vegetable seed businesses, as well as its Liberty herbicide business to BASF, the DOJ gave the thumbs up to […]

The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer. The merger is conditional on the divestiture of an extensive remedy package, which addresses the parties’ overlaps in seeds, pesticides, and digital agriculture. “We have approved Bayer’s plans to take over Monsanto because the parties’ remedies, worth well over […]

CFIUS has completed its review of the proposed Bayer/Monsanto merger and found no unresolved national security concerns.

The European Commission has initiated a Phase II investigation of the proposed combination of Bayer and Monsanto. The Commission has preliminary concerns that the proposed acquisition could reduce competition in a number of different markets resulting in higher prices, lower quality, less choice, and less innovation. In particular, the initial market investigation identified preliminary concerns […]

DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company have announced that their merger of equals will close after the market closes on August 31, 2017.

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared the way for the DuPont and Dow Chemical Company merger. The companies announced Thursday that the Antitrust Division of the DOJ will permit them to proceed with their proposed merger of equals. “We are very pleased that the DOJ has approved this transaction,” said Andrew Liveris, […]

The DuPont-Dow Chemical merger is back in the media after the European Union antitrust regulators had to push back the ongoing review.