GE Healthcare today publishes the offer document in relation to the recommended cash offer to the shareholders of Biacore

Chalfont St. Giles, United Kingdom and Uppsala – 7 July 2006 – The offer document relating to GE Healthcare’s recommended cash offer to the shareholders of Biacore International AB (publ) is available in English and in Swedish on www.gehealthcare.com. # # # For further information, please contact: GE Healthcare Sweden c/o Sund Kommunikation Eva Reftmark (+46 768 663 844) eva.reftmark@sundkommunikation.se GE Healthcare - International Val Jones (+44 7917 175 192) val.jones@ge.com GE Healthcare - Americas Kristin Silady (+1 732 322 4452) kristin.silady@ge.com UBS Investment Bank – Financial Adviser to GE Healthcare Håkan Erixon (+44 20 75 68 11 73) Benjamin Lee (+44 20 75 68 58 40) Biacore Erik Walldén, President & CEO, Biacore (+46 702 25 22 70)