/R E P E A T -- Video B-Roll available via CNW - Introducing Bayer's
CONTOUR(R) USB - the first blood glucose meter with built-in diabetes
management software/

TORONTO, March 23 /CNW/ - The following video is available by satellite or by CNW's Broadcast On-Demand web download:

STORY SUMMARY: Health Canada has approved Bayer's CONTOUR(R) USB, the first and only blood glucose meter with built-in USB technology that can be plugged directly into a computer, allowing for instant access to blood glucose monitoring results.

People with diabetes can plug in and instantly access information about trends and patterns in their blood glucose levels with the integrated Glucofacts(R) DELUXE software. Bayer's CONTOUR USB is as simple to use as any standard blood glucose meter. The meter stores up to 2,000 test results, which patients can access on any computer, whether at home, at the doctor's office, or on the go with their laptop.

    
    SHOT LIST:         About Diabetes
                       About Bayer's CONTOUR USB
                       Interview and background footage with Dr. Amish
                       Parikh, Endocrinologist, Trillium Health Centre
                       Interview and background footage with Marc Saltzman,
                       Technology Expert
                       Background footage including crowd shots,
                       patient/physician interaction, CONTOUR USB product
                       shots

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    DATE OF FEED:      March 24, 2010
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    DATE OF POSTING:      March 24, 2010

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    Collin Matanowitsch                       Tiana DiMichele
    Account Executive                         Business Communications Partner
    MS&L                                      Bayer Inc.
    416-847-1330                              416-240-5240
    [email protected]   [email protected]
    

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