A milestone in diabetes research

Bayer HealthCare presents the International Aspirin Award

A milestone in diabetes research

39-year-old doctor of internal medicine elucidates important mechanism of action

Fiuggi/Italy. The International Young Researchers' Aspirin® Award 2003 has been won by a Chinese doctor of internal medicine, Dr. Minsheng Yuan (39). A jury comprising eleven internationally renowned medical scientists, chose Yuan for the award because of his research elucidating the mechanism of action by which acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), the active ingredient in Aspirin®, can considerably reduce blood glucose levels. Gary S. Balkema, member of the Executive Committee and President of the Consumer Care Division at Bayer HealthCare, presented the award in Fiuggi, Italy. "With the Young Researchers' Aspirin® Award, we seek to encourage young scientists to continue to apply their scientific creativity and initiative towards new applications for ASA," Balkema said at the ceremony attended by journalists and scientists.

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The Young Researchers' Aspirin® Award was awarded to Dr. Minsheng Yuan (center) from the Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard medical School. Congratulating him were Gary S. Balkema (left), member of the Executive Committee and President of the Consumer Care Division at Bayer HealthCare and Prof. Jürgen Meyer (right), Chairman of the International Aspirin® Award Advisory Board.