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World Business Report: First broadcast 2018/11/29 22:32 GMT: Bayer to Cut 12,000 Jobs

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Bayer to Cut 12,000 Jobs

First broadcast 2018/11/29 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2018/11/29 22:32 GMT: Bayer to Cut 12,000 Jobs

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Bayer to Cut 12,000 Jobs

Is the pharma giant's model fatally damaged by its acquisition of Monsanto?

The pharmaceutical giant insists the cuts are not prompted by its acquisition of Monsanto nor by a costly California court case over the Roundup weedkiller. Professor Erik Gordon at the University of Michigan says it's a challenging market for big pharmaceuticals in the US. Also in the programme, there's optimism a crossing between India and Pakistan for Sikhs could improve relations between the two countries. The BBC's Vivienne Nunis is in the northern Indian state of Punjab, and explains the background. Plus we're in the Polish city of Poznan, to hear what people there think about their country's membership of the European Union.

(Picture: A protester in costume demonstrating against the takeover of Monsanto by Bayer earlier this year. Credit: PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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