New business for treatment of obesity in Denmark

New business for treatment of obesity in Denmark

Global Health Partner is starting a business for the treatment of
obesity in Copenhagen and Odense in Denmark. The business is one of
three private businesses in Denmark that have received accreditation
from the Danish National Board of Health for this type of care. The
doctors' office business starts in September and the surgical unit in
November. “We see great opportunities for this business and are very
happy to now be able to offer highly specialised obesity surgery in
Denmark together with two of the Nordic countries' best surgeons in this
area,” says Per Båtelson, Global Health Partner's CEO.

Bariatric Center Copenhagen will run its business in the Center For
Rygkirurgi's premises in Hellerup in Copenhagen and in Odense. The
company is joint-owned by Global Health Partner, the Center For
Rygkirurgi and the two surgeons Göran Lundegårdh and Mikael Støckel.
Global Health Partner's share is 51%.

The number of obesity operations in Denmark during 2010 amounts to
approximately 5,000. The majority of the operations are performed under
private management, and waiting times within the public health sector
amount to approximately 2 years. By way of comparison, the number of
operations in Sweden amounts to just over 5,000 per year. The need in
both countries is considerably greater than this: 12-15% of the Danish
population are estimated to have a so-called BMI (Body Mass Index, the
relationship between height and weight) of over 30, which is classified
as obesity.

The prevalence of obesity is taking on epidemic proportions all over the
Western world. WHO estimates that close to 150 million people suffer
from obesity in Europe. These people usually develop different types of
co-morbidities such as diabetes type II, hypertension and infertility.
Both the excessive weight as well as the co-morbidities cause great
patient suffering and result in high health care costs. Studies show
that the only successful treatment for patients with obesity is surgery.

Global Health Partner has clinics for the treatment of obesity in
Stockholm, Lund, Bergen, Birmingham, Cairo, Helsinki, Prague and Ajman
(United Arab Emirates).

8 September 2010
Gothenburg, Sweden
Global Health Partner AB (publ)

Queries should be addressed to:
Per Båtelson, CEO, phone 46 705 95 57 00
Anna Ahlberg, Head of Investor Relations, phone 46 708 55 38 35