Overview: As little as 30 years ago, cardiovascular research at Bayer was just a small sideline with in an environment dominated by chemotherapy research, and only 15 years ago, Bayer‘s pharmaceutical business was confined to European and Latin Ameri- can countries, with sales in cardiovascular pharmaceuticals close to zero. It goes without saying that Adalat has changed the company as a whole in its research, development, and marketing, both in Germany and, most importantly, world- wide. In research and development, Adalat has led the way in to new areas such as hypertension, acute neurology,
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