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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