BAYER, nuevo jefe

Leverkusen/Berlin, July 25, 2008 –

Andreas Fibig, currently a Senior Vice President at U.S. pharmaceuticals company Pfizer, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer Schering Pharma (BSP) effective September 1, 2008. The decision was made at a meeting of the company’s Supervisory Board on July 24, 2008. In addition, Dr. Bernd Metzner, currently Head of Finance at Bayer S.p.A., Italy, will assume responsibility for Central Administration and Organization (CAO) at Bayer Schering Pharma effective October 1, 2008. In this context, Arthur Higgins, the current Chairman of the Board of Management of BSP, and Werner Baumann, current CAO head for BSP, will return to focusing on their primary roles as Chairman and CEO of the Bayer HealthCare subgroup and head of BHC CAO respectively.
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