Biacore's Report January - September, 2001 Brought Forward One Day

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Biacore's Report January - September, 2001 Brought Forward One Day Uppsala, Sweden, August 29, 2001. Biacore International AB (Biacore) (SSE: BCOR; Nasdaq: BCOR) today announced a correction as regards the disclosure of the Company's next interim report. Biacore's report for the period January - September 2001 will be published on Thursday, October 18, 2001, a day earlier than originally announced. - Ends - Notes to Editors: Biacore is a global market leader in Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) based technology with its own sales operations in the U.S., across Europe, in Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The technology is protected by a strong patent portfolio. Target groups consist primarily of medical and life science research laboratories and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide. Biacore focuses on drug discovery as the prime area for future growth. The Company currently has seven systems on the market with its BiacoreS51® for applications downstream of high-throughput screening (HTS) including rapid characterization of HTS hits and comprehensive preclinical evaluation of lead compounds. Biacore®3000 offers specific applications in drug discovery upstream of HTS. A new SPR array system is currently under development. Based in Uppsala, Sweden, the Company is listed on Stockholmsbörsen and Nasdaq in the U.S. In 2000 the Company had sales of SEK 438.8 million and an operating income of SEK 78.0 million. Further information on Biacore can be found on the web: www.biacore.com Address and phone: Biacore International AB Rapsgatan 7, SE-754 50 Uppsala, SWEDEN Phone: +46 (0)18-675700 Fax: +46 (0)18-150111 info@biacore.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/08/29/20010829BIT00750/bit0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/08/29/20010829BIT00750/bit0001.pdf