Biohit Oyj - Annual Financial Report

BIOHIT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS' REPORT FOR 2010 HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED

The financial statements 2010 of Biohit Oyj have been published today. The
financial statements, including both the consolidated and the parent company
financial statements, as well as the report of the Board of Directors, the
Auditor's report and the Corporate Governance statement, are available on
Biohit's website at www.biohit.com/investors, and as PDFattachment to this
release. 

The Annual Report 2020, which also includes the annual summary of stock
exchange releases will be published in English during week 10 in electronic
format on the company's website. 



Further information:

Jussi Heiniö, President and CEO
Tel: +358 (0) 9 773 861
jussi.heinio@biohit.com

Distribution:

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy
Central storage facility (www.oam.fi)
Press
www.biohit.com

About Biohit Oyj:

Biohit Oyj is a globally operating Finnish biotechnology company that was
established in 1988. The company's mission is to improve human health and
quality of life. The company follows a goal-directed and long-term innovation
and patenting strategy. 

Biohit works with scientific communities to produce new technologies, products
and services based on research results and innovations that can be used to
develop safe and cost-effective liquid handling solutions for laboratory work
as well as diagnostic tests for the early detection and prevention of diseases
of the gastrointestinal tract. 

Biohit has two business segments: liquid handling and diagnostics. Liquid
handling products include electronic and mechanical pipettes, disposable tips
as well as pipette maintenance and calibration services for research
institutions, healthcare and industrial laboratories. 

The diagnostics business comprises products and analysis systems for the early
diagnosis and prevention of gastrointestinal diseases, such as the blood-sample
based GastroPanel examinations for the diagnosis of stomach illnesses and
associated risks, quick tests for the diagnosis of lactose intolerance and H.
pylori infection in connection with gastroscopy, and the ColonView examination
for the early detection of intestinal bleeding that indicates a risk of
colorectal cancer. Acetium reduces the amount of carcinogenic acetaldehyde in
an anacidic stomach. 

The Biohit Group employs around 400 people. The company is headquartered in
Helsinki, Finland, and has subsidiaries in France, Germany, the UK, Russia,
India, China, Japan and the USA. The company also has a representative office
in Singapore. Biohit's products are also sold through about 200 distributors in
70 countries. 

Since 1999, Biohit's Series B share has been quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki in
the Small cap/Healthcare group and is traded under the code BIOBV. 

Read more at www.biohit.com

Attachments:

biohit-financialstatements-2010-en.pdf