Gambro finances professorship in nephrology at the Sahlgrenska Academy
Gambro finances professorship in nephrology at the Sahlgrenska Academy Stockholm, Sweden, April 3, 2002 Gambro AB (Stockholmsbörsen: GAMBaST, GAMBbST), a leading international medical technology and healthcare company, today announced that it is financing a professorship in nephrology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University in Sweden for a period of five years. As a globally leading company in the care and treatment of renal patients Gambro has, for many years, been cooperating with prominent university hospitals all over the world, among them the Sahlgrenska Academy. The goal is to always be in the forefront within research in the renal care area. The professorship means that Gambro deepens the cooperation in renal care with the Sahlgrenska Academy. For many years Sweden has played a pioneering role in renal care and Professor Nils Alwall was one of the first professors in nephrology in the world. Nils Alwall invented the artificial kidney for single use which was then industrially developed and commercialized by the Swedish industrialist Holger Crafoord in the Gambro company. The professorship at the Sahlgrenska Academy is held by Professor Börje Haraldsson. It is being announced today in Gothenburg, Sweden in connection with a scientific symposium at the Sahlgrenska Academy - Renal Care in the Future - with speakers from the Sahlgrenska University Hospital and from Gambro. For further information please contact: Leif Smeby, Senior Vice President, Corporate Research, tel. +46-46-16 90 44, +46-708 24 99 44 Karin Avasalu, Vice President, Corporate Communications, tel. +46-8-613 65 99, +46-70-513 65 99 Pia Irell, Investor Relations Director, Corporate Finance, tel. +46-8- 613 65 91, +46-70-513 65 91 Kevin Smith, President Gambro Inc., Investor Relations US, tel. +1-303 231 4750 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/04/03/20020403BIT00510/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/04/03/20020403BIT00510/wkr0002.pdf