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New fungicide Infinito®

Innovative fungicide saves potato harvest

A fungus by the name of Phytophthora infestans has been destroying potato harvests throughout the world for many a year. And the pathogen – which originated in Latin America – has been particularly notorious in Europe since it destroyed potato harvests in Ireland several times in the 1840s, causing a famine that killed one million people.
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Molecular imaging
On the trail of Alzheimer’s disease
In September 2008 Bayer Health- Care and the University of Nagasaki, Japan, signed a licensing agreement on the use of novel substances for molecular imaging. » more

Agerelated macular degeneration (AMD)
Improving vision with VEGF Trap-Eye
VEGF Trap-Eye can achieve durable improvements in visual acuity and in biologic measurement parameters of pathological blood vessel formation. » more

Tobacco for medicines
Industrial-scale pharmaceutical production from tobacco
Bayer Innovation GmbH and Kentucky Bioprocessing, LLC (KBP) have agreed to develop a facility for the production of biopharmaceuticals in Owensboro, Kentucky. » more