New York – Bayer AG’s Annual Report 2007 received gold, silver, bronze and honors twice each in the Annual Report Competition (ARC) in New York. More than 2,100 entries from 28 countries were entered for the competition organized by MerComm, Inc., an independent organization that honors outstanding achievements in the field of communications. In the Vision Awards organized by the League of American Communication Professionals, Bayer’s Annual Report also earned second place among non-American pharmaceutical companies with sales in excess of US$ 1 billion.