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BAYER DIABETES CARE NAMES WALK IN NICKS SHOES WINS SWEEPSTAKES
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
Four Lucky People with Diabetes Will Meet Nick Jonas in Los Angeles
and Become Part of Team Jonas at Diabetes Fundraiser
Tarrytown, NY October 27, 2008 - To kick off Diabetes Awareness Month,
Bayer Diabetes Care announced that four people with diabetes have won the
opportunity to meet teen pop sensation Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers
after entering the national Walk In Nicks Shoes WINS sweepstakes
These Grand Prize winners will meet Nick Jonas in Los Angeles and walk as
Team Jonas at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation JDRF Walk for
the
Cure in Los Angeles on November 1
The WINS sweepstakes is offered as part of the partnership between
Bayer and Nick Jonas to provide young people and their families with the
motivation and support they need to help simplify life with diabetes
The Grand Prize winners include, Deborah Bullock, from Cumming, GA; Zachary
Jensen, from Orange, CA; Vincent Pettinato, from Jamison, PA; Bryan
Zielinski, from Muskego, WI
Bayer is sending the four Grand Prize winners and their guests to Los
Angeles, CA, where they will have breakfast with Nick and watch as he kicks
off the opening ceremony at the JDRF Walk for the Cure event The Grand
Prize winners will also receive personal diabetes coaching support, through
Bayers partnership with Fit4D, an innovative service that provides
personalized diabetes coaching with a team that includes Certified Diabetes
Educators CDEs nurses, exercise physiologists, registered dietitians and
personal trainers, who integrate motivational support with fitness and
nutrition planning Additionally, ten First Prize winners will receive a
pair of sneakers autographed by Nick Jonas and 100 second prize winners
will receive a special Nicks Simple Wins t-shirt
Im
looking forward to meeting the sweepstakes winners as they join other
young people and their families to raise awareness and funds for juvenile
diabetes, said Nick Jonas By sharing our stories with each other, I hope
that we can find more ways to inspire and motivate others to manage their
diabetes
Nick understands that so many of the approximately 150,000 of young adults
with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the US may feel embarrassed about
their condition and he is striving to change that perception by sharing his
own story Nick, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 13, wants to inspire
other young people with diabetes to achieve Simple Wins: small, everyday
victories for managing the disease that can lead to big differences over
time For Nick and his demanding schedule, that means using the CONTOUR
blood glucose meter with new testing features that allow him to personalize
it to match his lifestyle
-more-
To learn more about Nicks personal experience with diabetes and to read
his blog about his latest activities, young people and their families can
log on to wwwNicksSimpleWinscom
Bayer HealthCare, Diabetes Care
Bayer HealthCare, Diabetes
Care is a worldwide leader in diabetes,
supporting customers in 100 countries Since the introduction of CLINITEST
reagent tablets in 1941, Bayer has led the way in diabetes care product
innovation The company changed the face of diabetes care in 1969 when it
introduced the first portable blood glucose meter and test strips Bayer
HealthCare further innovated diabetes management by being the first company
to introduce a suite of blood glucose
monitors with No Coding technology The BREEZE2 and CONTOUR blood
glucose monitoring systems offer people with diabetes an unparalleled
choice in diabetes management systems The Arthritis Foundation in the
United States and
the Arthritis Society of Canada each granted Ease-of-Use Commendation to
the
BREEZE2 meter BREEZE represents the first time a blood glucose meter has
been recognized as easy to use for arthritis sufferers
In July 2006, Bayer Diabetes Care acquired Metrika Inc, maker and
manufacturer of A1CNow, a meter-based diabetes monitoring system for
measurement of A1C glycated hemoglobin an important indicator of long
term blood sugar control
Bayer HealthCare, Diabetes Care global headquarters is located in
Tarrytown, New York, in the
United States and operates as part of Bayer
HealthCare LLC, a member of the worldwide Bayer HealthCare group
wwwbayerdiabetescom/us
Bayer HealthCare
Bayer HealthCare, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, is one of the worlds leading,
innovative companies in the healthcare and medical products industry and is
based in Leverkusen,
Germany The company combines the global activities of the Animal Health,
Consumer Care, Diabetes Care and Pharmaceuticals divisions The
pharmaceuticals business operates under the name Bayer Schering Pharma AG
Bayer HealthCares aim is to discover and manufacture products that will
improve human and animal health worldwide
This news release contains forward-looking statements based on current
assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group management Various known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material
differences between the actual future results, financial situation,
development or performance of the company and the estimates given here
These factors include those discussed in our public reports filed with the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange and with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission including our Form 20-F The company assumes no
liability
whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to inform them to
future events or developments
