The Nordic Exchange welcomes Hansa Medical AB to First North


Trading in Hansa Medical commenced today on First North in Sweden. Including    
Hansa Medical, First North now comprises 118 companies.                         

Hansa Medical fosters the development of biomedical discoveries to              
pharmaceutical candidates and diagnostic analysis methods. Its goal is to form  
one or more cooperations with pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies to develop
and introduce Hansa Medical products to the market.                             

“We warmly welcome Hansa Medical to join First North this year. We are happy to 
add another company to the Health care sector,” says Jenny Rosberg, President of
Company Services at OMX.                                                        

Kaupthing Bank is Certified Adviser for Hansa Medical AB. A round lot of shares 
in Hansa Medical, whose short name is HMED, amounts to 500 and the company is   
included in the Health care sector.                                             


For further information, please contact                                         
Jonas Rodny, OMX	+46 8 405 72 67                                                



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