Changes to Biohit Oyj’s management Anu Mickels, MBA (b. 1972) has been appointed Biohit Oyj’s Sales and Marketing Director as from 2 May 2012. She takes over from Terhi Lampén. Mickels previously worked as Marketing Manager for Orion Diagnostiikka Oy from 2008, and prior to that she held sales and communications management positions in Oy Dagmar Ab, from 1999 to 2008. Lampén will continue as Marketing Manager at Biohit Oyj. Semi Korpela, M.Sc. (Econ.) CEO, Biohit Group Tel.: +358 9 773 861 Mobile: +358 40 573 7701 semi.korpela@biohit.fi BIOHIT HealthCare Inn...
Interim report of the Biohit Group 1 january to 31 march 2012 can be read via the following link as pdf-file: Interim report Q1/2012
The announcement of changed reporting can be read via the following link as pdf-file: Changed reporting
Changes to Biohit Oyj’s management Panu Hendolin, PhD (molecular medicine), born in 1971, was appointed Head of Research and Development at Biohit Oyj as of 17 April 2012. Hendolin worked at Biohit as Research Manager and Head of Research and Development from 2007 to 2008. Previously, Hendolin worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland, in several product development and managerial positions at Jurilab Oy Ltd and for the last three and a half years as the Technical Manager responsible for product...
Resolutions of the Annual General Meeting of Biohit Oyj The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Biohit Oyj held on Wednesday 11 April 2012 approved the financial statements of the parent company and the consolidated financial statements, and discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the President and CEO from liability for the financial year 2011. Distribution of dividends In accordance with the proposal by the Board of Directors, the AGM decided that the profit for the financial period ended on 31 December 2011 will be recorded in the profit and loss account. In a...
Stock exchange release 4.4.2012 02.10 pm Publication of Biohit Oyj’s Annual Report 2011 Today, Biohit Oyj published its 2011 annual report, available as a PDF file from Biohit’s website www.biohithealthcare.com/Investors. The annual report contains a review of information published in 2011. The result for the financial period presented in the 2011 annual report deviates from that published in a financial statement released on 29 February 2012. In the financial statement release, the profit for the financial period was given as €38.7 million. In the...
CORRECTION TO NOTICE OF BIOHIT OYJ'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Biohit Oyj’s stock exchange release of 16 March 2012 contained an error in section C.3 (Instructions for the participants at the Annual General Meeting, Holders of nominee registered shares) regarding the time limit by which a holder of nominee registered shares may ask to be temporarily entered into the company's shareholder register for participation in the General Meeting. In deviation of the notice of the Annual General Meeting, a holder of nominee registered shares, who is entitled to be registered in the comp...
NOTICE OF BIOHIT OYJ'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Biohit Oyj shareholders are invited to attend the company's Annual General Meeting, which will be held at Hotel Royal at Crowne Plaza, conference room 2, Mannerheimintie 50, 00260 Helsinki, on 11 April 2012, starting at 3:00 pm. The reception of shareholders registered for the meeting and the distribution of voting slips will commence at 1:30 pm. A. Matters on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting The following matters will be presented for consideration at the Annual General Meeting: 1. Opening of the meeting 2. Calling...
Biohit Oyj has begun a clinical study, the purpose of which is to determine the capacity of company’s new BioAcetium product to treat Helicobacter pylori infection. Biohit Oyj has begun a clinical study in cooperation with the gastroenterology clinic of HUS (Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa) and GastroLääkärit, the purpose of which is to determine the capacity of the new BioAcetium product to eradicate Helicobacter pylori in individuals over 55 years of age who have not been diagnosed with a prior H. pylori infection. Biohit Oyj has developed the BioAcetium product, w...
Biohit Oyj Financial Statements Bulletin 29th Feb 2012 10:30 am (as pdf-file via this link).
The article published in the authoritative Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology was written by 16 gastroenterology specialists from 12 countries. The aim of this group of specialists is to develop the safety and cost-efficiency of the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of dyspepsia, H. pylori infection and atrophic gastritis through international co-operation (www.biohit.fi/ GastroPanel biomarkers:Rationale in diagnosis and screening of atrophic gastritis with stomach-specific plasma biomarkers, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology.2012; 47: 136–147). According to the art...
Biohit Oyj Stock exchange release 14 February 2012 The Board of Directors of Biohit Oyj has decided that Biohit Oyj records a goodwill impairment of EUR 2.6 million in its 2011 Financial Statements. The impairment is based on the goodwill impairment testing required by the IFRS standards and carried out at the year end. Goodwill has been allocated to certain GastroPanel products in the Diagnostics segment. Testing was executed according to the same principles as in the previous year. In 2010, the previous year’s forecast proved to be fairly accurate, but in 2011, actual perfor...
Biohit Oyj Stock exchange release 14 February 2012 The Board of Directors of Biohit Oyj has decided that Biohit Oyj will pay the capital loan and its accumulated interest back to the company’s principal shareholders. Biohit’s principal shareholders have granted the company a capital loan of EUR 635,698.80 for product and other business-related development. The accumulated interest on the capital loan on 31st December 2011 is EUR 594,788.49. After the payment of the capital loan and its accumulated interest, a full margin remains on restricted capital and other non-distributable ass...
Biohit Oyj Stock exchange release 2 February 2012 The holders of Biohit Oyj’s convertible bond have sold the loan back to the company. On 28 October 2010, Biohit Oyj issued a convertible bond targeted at institutional investors. The value at the moment of issue was EUR 4.05 million. The fixed coupon rate of the bond is 6.5% and it has a five-year maturity. Each share of the loan of EUR 4,500 entitles the holder to exchange the share of the loan for 1,000 B shares with a nominal value of EUR 0.17. The rate of exchange of the share is EUR 4.5. The loan can be exchanged for a ...
Biohit Oyj Stock exchange release 31 January 2012 11.00 AM The Board of Directors of Biohit Oyj has decided at the Board meeting that the company will offer holders of Biohit Oyj convertible bonds to possibility to sell loan back to the company. On 14 December 2011, Biohit Oyj sold its liquid handling business to Sartorius Lab Holding GmbH, and with this sale the financial standing of the company has become significantly stronger. On 28 October 2010, Biohit Oyj issued a convertible bond targeted at institutional investors. The value at the moment of issue was 4.05 million. The fix...