European Medical Journalists’ Prize 2006 announced

Association of German Medical Journalists (VDMJ) and Bayer HealthCare honor good medical reporting

Tuesday - November 7, 2006 - Leverkusen – Scrupulously researched articles dealing with a topic from the worlds of medicine or health care in a critical, comprehensible yet objective manner have an excellent chance of winning the 2006 European Journalists’ Prize. The award, which is sponsored by Bayer HealthCare, is endowed with EUR 7,500.

Journalists may submit their applications by December 31, 2006 to the business address of the Association of German Medical Journalists (Verband Deutscher Medizin Journalisten), Chemnitzer Str. 21, D-70597 Stuttgart, www.journalistenvereinigung.de in accordance with the criteria outlined in the association’s statutes, or request the statutes directly from this address. This information can also be viewed on the Internet press pages of Bayer HealthCare: www.viva.vita.bayerhealthcare.com

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Helmut Schäfers

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Bayer HealthCare AG

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