19/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - The winners of the 2007 European Inventors of the Year wards are: - Franz Laermer and Andrea Urban for the Bosch Process (in the industry category); - Catia Bastioli for inventing a type of biodegradable plastic (SME category); - Joseph Vacca for inventing the protease inhibitor, Crixivan (non-European countries category); - Marc Feldmann for identifying the role of cytokines. The awards were presented on 18 April (see also EUROPE 9400). (oj)