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Change of company name for Biovitrum AB (publ)

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Monday, June 21st 2010 at 7:20 GMT by Market Wire}  

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN--(Marketwire - June 21, 2010) - Biovitrum AB (publ) will be listed under its new company name, Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) with effect from June 24, 2010.

 +-----------------------+------------+ |New short name: |SOBI | +-----------------------+------------+ |Unchanged ISIN code: |SE0000872095| +-----------------------+------------+ |Unchanged Round lot: |1 | +-----------------------+------------+ |Unchanged orderbook ID:|36316 | +-----------------------+------------+ 

About Swedish Orphan Biovitrum

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum is a Swedish based niche specialty pharmaceutical company with an international market presence. The company is focused on providing and developing specialist pharmaceuticals for rare disease patients with high medical needs. The portfolio consists of about 60 marketed products and an emerging late stage clinical development pipe-line. Our focus areas are: hemophilia, autoimmune diseases, metabolic diseases and cancer supportive care. Swedish Orphan Biovitrum had pro-forma revenues 2009e of about 2 BSEK and approximately 500 employees. The head office is located in Sweden and the share (STO:BVT ) is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. For more information please visitwww.sobi.com.

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum may be required to disclose the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish Securities Markets Act. The information was provided for public release on June 21, 2010 at 4 p.m. CET.

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Press release June 21 in pdf format: [ http://hugin.info/134557/R/1425813/373884.pdf ]

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