The German pharmaceutical giant Bayer won a trial on Thursday over claims the Roundup weedkiller , manufactured by subsidiary Monsanto, caused cancer in three women.

The Missouri jury sided unanimously with Bayer. It's the first trial since a US Supreme Court ruling that limits complaints over the product .

Bayer is waiting for a separate court ruling where the company is seeking a $7.25 billion (€6.5 billion) settlement in relation to tens of thousands of other Roundup cases .

What is the complaint against Roundup?

Thursday's court ruling follows a case brought to a St. Louis court by Theresa Aretino, Cynthia Fernandez and Betty Larkin in 2020.

The three women had said they were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after regularly using the weedkiller.

Their attorneys argued that Roundup was defectively designed and unreasonably ​dangerous, and that Bayer was negligent in selling it.

The three were not participating in the Bayer settlement.…