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 Distribution: Helsinki Exchanges Financial Supervisory Authority Press http://www.biohit.com