2007-10-09 17:50:00 CEST

2007-10-09 17:50:00 CEST


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Biohit Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

CHANGES IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BIOHIT OYJ


Member of the Board of Directors of Biohit Oyj, Peter Tchernych, M.Sc. (Econ.), 
L.L.M., today announced he will resign from his duties as Board member due to   
changes in his main occupation. Peter Tchernych has been member of the Board of 
Biohit Oyj since 2004.                                                          

Professor Mikko Salaspuro, M.D., Ph.D. has been nominated for the position as   
new member of the Board. Professor Salaspuro, born in 1939, is docent in        
internal medicine and specialist in gastroenterology. He currently works as     
Professor (chair) of Alcohol Diseases at the University of Helsinki. Professor  
Salaspuro has taken part in 400 scientific publications. Additionally, he has   
been acting and is currently acting in several editorial boards and committees  
of international publications, and he has held managerial positions in central  
national and international scientific societies.                                

During the past years Professor Salaspuro has focused on research of factors    
leading to cancers in the gastrointestinal tract. Since several years he has, in
cooperation with Biohit Oyj, developed products for the elimination of          
carcinogenic acetaldehyde in the gastrointestinal tract. Some nutrients contain 
acetaldehyde and it also forms during smoking and alcohol consumption, as well  
as in anacidic stomachs during meals.                                           

Professor Salaspuro starts participating as expert in the work of the Board and 
support in international marketing with immediate effect. The membership will be
determined at the Annual General Meeting of Biohit Oyj in spring 2008.          

Board of Directors of Biohit Oyj                                                


Further information:                                                            
Osmo Suovaniemi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor                                         
President & CEO                                                                 
Tel: +358-9-773 861                                                             
Mobile: +358-40-745 5605                                                        
Email: osmo.suovaniemi@biohit.com                                               

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