Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Tor-Arne Hagve
Chairman of the Scandinavian Society for Clinical Chemistry
Kjære kolleger og venner,
Tor-Arne Hagve
Formann i Nordisk Forening for Klinisk Kjemi
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On behalf of the Nordic Society of Clinical Chemistry it is a pleasure for me to wish you all welcome to the XXVI Nordic Congress of Clinical Chemistry. When the first Nordic Congress was arranged at Finse in 1946 it was stated in the Invitation that the purpose of the meeting was to give all colleagues working in clinical chemistry and clinical physiology in the Nordic countries an opportunity to meet each other and discuss common problems. An important aspect was establishing contacts across the borders, both scientifically and socially. Since then the Nordic Congresses have been arranged in this spirit and have always been one of the main pillars in the cooperation between the Nordic countries. It is a pleasure for me to see that the present Congress follows the traditions in presenting a program of very high quality. I want to thank the Organizing Committee and the Finnish Society of Clinical Chemistry for doing such a fantastic job in planning and arranging this congress. I wish all participants a high scientific outcome and a nice stay in Turku.
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På vegne av Nordisk Forening for Klinisk Kjemi vil jeg ønske alle velkommen til den 27. Nordiske kongress i klinisk kjemi. Da den første kongressen ble arrangert på Finse i 1946 het det i invitasjonen at hensikten var "å gi dem som er særlig interessert i medisinsk-kjemisk og medisinsk-fysiologisk laboratoriearbeide anledning til å komme sammen for å drøfte praktiske problemer" og at "møtet skal gi de nordiske leger anledning til å lære hverandre å kjenne og knytte forbindelser til gjensidig nytte og glede". Historien forteller at også de senere kongresser har vært arrangert i denne ånd, hvilket nok er den viktigste årsak til at de nordiske kongresser er blandt de mest betydningsfulle aktiviteter innen det nordiske samarbeid innen klinisk kjemi. Jeg er glad for at også programmet for den 27. kongress beskriver et møte med særdeles høy faglig kvalitet, og en interessant sosial del. Jeg vil takke organisasjonskomiteen og Finsk Forening for Klinisk Kjemi for den utmerkede innsats de har gjort i planlegging av kongressen. Jeg ønsker alle deltakere et stort faglig utbytte, og spesielt at det blir etablert kontakter som styrker det nordiske samarbeid: Jeg håper alle får fine dager i Åbo.
Tor-Arne Hagve
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The laboratory professionals in Finland, like those in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, established a scientific organization of their own already in the 1940's. The Finnish Society of Clinical Chemistry (and Physiology) had its first official meeting in 1947 and was registered in 1950. We celebrated our 50th anniversary a year ago. Besides numerous other activities, the Finnish Society has organized several international congresses in the past. This congress will be the 6th Nordic Congress organized by our Society. The previous Nordic Congress organized in Finland was held in Kuopio in June 1988.
Great changes have taken place in laboratory medicine during the past ten years. Today automation, robotics and accreditation are very important parts of the everyday life of laboratories. Many new methods have been taken into routine use during these years. The Scientific Program and Workshops of Laboratory Medicine '98 will highlight all these aspects of clinical chemistry of today and of the future.
On behalf of the Finnish Society of Clinical Chemistry, I warmly welcome you to the XXVI Nordic Congress of Clinical Chemistry in Turku. I hope that the Congress will meet your expectations not only as to the Scientific Program but also regarding the cultural Social Program. I wish you a pleasant and fruitful Congress.
Päivi Laitinen
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Yrkesarbetande på laboratorier i Finland, liksom de i Sverige, Norge och Danmark, grundade egna vetenskapliga organisationer redan på 1940-talet. Föreningen för klinisk kemi (och fysiologi) i Finland höll sitt första officiella sammanträde 1947 och registrerades 1950. Vi firade vårt 50 års jubileum för ett år sedan. Vid sidan om många andra aktiviteter har föreningen i Finland tidigare anordnat flera internationella kongresser. Denna kongress blir den sjätte nordiska kongressen som anordnas av vår förening. Den senaste nordiska kongressen som hölls i Finland hölls i Kuopio i juni 1988.
Stora förändringar har skett inom laboratoriemedicin under de senaste tio åren. Idag är automatisering, användning av robotar och ackreditering väldigt viktiga faktorer inom laboratoriernas vardag. Under de senaste åren har även användningen av många nya metoder blivit rutin. Under Laboratory Medicine 98 kommer kongressens vetenskapliga program och workshops att poängtera alla dessa aspekter av dagens och framtidens kliniska kemi.
Å Föreningen för klinisk kemi i Finlands vägnar vägnar hälsar jag Er hjärtligt välkommen till den XXVI Nordiska kongressen i klinisk kemi i Åbo. Jag hoppas att kongressen kommer att motsvara Era förväntningar såväl gällande det vetenskapliga programmet som det kulturella sociala programmet. Jag önskar Er en angenäm och givande kongress.
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| The Mayor of Turku Mr. Armas Lahoniitty: |
Dear participants in the XXVI Nordic Congress of Clinical Chemistry | |
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On behalf of the City of Turku it gives me great pleasure to be able to wish you all cordially welcome to our city. During the last years, more and more congresses and meetings have been held in Turku. This is something that we also hope to see in the future. We know that these meetings are of utmost importance to us. They give us a chance to keep necessary contacts to new people and new ideas. We on our part are trying to see to it that the city can give you everything you require from a successful meeting. I wish you cordially welcome here and I hope that the congress will meet your expectations. I also wish that you only bring positive memories back home from the City of Turku. | ||
| Stadsdirektören i Åbo Armas Lahoniitty: |
Kära deltagare i den XXVI Nordiska kongressen i klinisk kemi. | |
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På Åbo stads vägnar hälsar jag Er alla hjärtligt välkomna till Åbo och den Nordiska kongressen i klinisk kemi. Under senare år har allt fler kongresser och seminarier hållits i vår stad. Detta är något som vi också hoppas kunna uppleva i framtiden. Genom dessa kongresser har vi en chans att träffa nya människor och komma i kontakt med nya ideer. Därför är de också mycket viktiga för oss. Å andra sidan försöker vi å vår sida skapa de förutsättningar som krävs för att en kongress eller ett seminarium skall ha förutsättningar för att Iyckas. Därför önskar jag Er kongress all framgång och Iycka och hoppas att den skall uppfylla Era önskemål. Samtidigt hoppas jag att Ni endast för positiva trevliga minnen från Åbo med Er hem.
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| S1 | S2 | W1 | S5 | S6 | W3 | S9 | S10 | W5 | S13 | S14 | W7 | ||
| Lunch and Exhibition | Lunch and Exhibition | Lunch and Exhibition | Closing / Farewell Lunch | ||||||||||
| Afternoon | Registration 12.00- | S3 | W3 | W2 | |||||||||
| S7 | S8 | W4 | S11 | S12 | W6 | ||||||||
| Evening | Opening Ceremony | Finnish Evening | Congress Banquet | ||||||||||
| 12.00 | Registration 12.00 - 19.30 |
| 18.30 | Opening Ceremony at the Congress Venue |
| 20.30 | City Reception at the Koulu (The School) brewery restaurant, Eerikinkatu 18 |
| 9.00 | Plenary lecture: Separation-free bioaffinity assays in microvolumes Erkki Soini, Finland (Arena Hall) | ||
| 10.00 | Symposium 1 (Arena Hall) | Symposium 2 (Auditorium) | Workshop 1 (Lecture Room) |
| Biochemical markers of bone cell
metabolism Chairpersons: Nina Hannover Bjarnason (Denmark) and Markku Parviainen (Finland)
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
12.00
| Recombinant antigens and antibodies Chairpersons: Leo Snel (Denmark) and Pirkko Vihko (Finland)
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
12.00
| Education of laboratory medicine Chairpersons: Marek H. Dominiczak (United Kingdom) and Elvar Theodorsson (Sweden)
10.00
10.20
10.40
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11.40 N.B. Educational Storehouse, a display of available teaching and related materials, will be open throughout the Congress on the 2nd floor | |
| Symposium 3 (Lecture Room) | Symposium 4 (Auditorium) | Workshop 2 (Arena Hall) | |
| 14.00 | Diabetes Chairpersons: Leif Groop (Sweden) and Hannele Yki-Järvinen (Finland)
14.00
14.30
15.00
15.30
| Vitamin B12 and folate metabolism Chairpersons: Ebba Nexø (Denmark) and Tarja-Terttu Pelliniemi (Finland)
14.00
14.40
15.20
15.50
| Robotics and automation in the clinical laboratory I Chairpersons: Raimo Tenhunen (Finland ) and Ilkka Penttilä (Finland)
14.00
14.30
15.00
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| 16-16.45 | Departure to Ala-Lemu Manor right after the symposia and workshop. | ||
| 18.00 | Finnish Evening at Ala-Lemu Manor | ||
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| Symposium 5 ( Lecture Room) | Symposium 6 (Auditorium) | Workshop 3 ( Arena Hall) | |
| 9.30 | Astrup Award Lectures Chairperson: Ulf-Håkan Stenman, Finland
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10.00
10.30
11.00
| Biology of vascular endothelium Chairpersons: Åke Wennmalm (Sweden) and Lasse Viinikka (Finland)
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
| Robotics and automation in the clinical laboratory II Chairpersons: Raimo Tenhunen (Finland ) and Ilkka Penttilä (Finland)
9.30
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| Symposium 7 (Arena Hall) | Symposium 8 (Auditorium) | Workshop 4 (Lecture Room) | |
| 14.30 | Markers of myocardial infarction and
cardiac insufficiency Chairpersons: Peter Nilsson-Ehle (Sweden) and Ilkka Penttilä (Finland)
14.30
15.00
15.30
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| Coagulation Chairpersons: Johan Stenflo (Sweden ) and Martti Syrjälä (Finland)
14.30
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| New trends in the diagnosis of allergy, asthma and autoimmune disorders Pharmacia &Upjohn Diagnostics Chairpersons: Markku Viander (Finland) and Lars Yman (Sweden)
14.30 Opening
15.00 Sputum and serum inflammatory markers in the monitoring of airway inflammation
15.30 Laboratory methods for the diagnostics and follow-up of patients with celiac disease 16.00 Coffee
16.20 The use of Tg and TPO antibody tests in thyroid diseases
16.45 The diagnostic potential of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) 17.15. Discussion and closing
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| 8.30 | Plenary Lecture : Impact of Genetic Factors on Thrombotic Disease, Björn Dahlbäck, Sweden (Arena Hall) | ||
| Symposium 9 (Arena Hall) | Symposium 9 (Auditorium) | Workshop 5 (Lecture Room) | |
| 9.30 | New information methods in laboratory medicine Chairpersons: Helge Erik Solberg (Norway ) and Veli Kairisto (Finland)
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
| Diagnosis of metabolar diseases (molecular genetics) Chairpersons: Finn Cilius Nielsen (Denmark) and Aarno Palotie (Finland)
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
| Dade Behring Plasma Protein Workshop
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| Symposium 11 (Arena Hall) | Symposium 12 (Auditorium) | Workshop 6 (Lecture Room) | |
| 14.30 | Total quality management in laboratory medicine Chairpersons: Adam Uldall (Denmark) and Raimo Tenhunen (Finland)
14.30
15.00
15.30
16.00
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| Lipid metabolism and therapy Chairpersons: Steen Stender (Denmark) and Seppo Ylä-Herttuala (Finland)
14.30
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| Procalcitonin (PCT): An innovative parameter for infection in Critical Care Medicine Boule Nordic & Scanlab 14.30. Welcome by Boule Nordic and Scanlab
14.35 PCT (Procalcitonin) - main clinical indications
14.55. PCT in peritonitis and early detection of postoperative infection complications
15.15. PCT in severe sepsis in ICU
15.35 Report from Sweden
15.50 Report from Oulu
16.05 PCT in childhood community-acquired pneumonia
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| 19.00 | Congress Banquet at Turku Castle | ||
| 9.00 | PLENARY LECTURE: Vascular Factors in Tissues and Tumors Erkki Ruoslahti, USA (Arena Hall) | ||
| Symposium 13 (Arena Hall) | Symposium 14 (Auditorium) | Workshop 7 ( Lecture Room) | |
| 10.00 | Cancer biology and markers Chairpersons: Elisabeth Paus (Norway) and Ulf-Håkan Stenman (Finland)
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
| Monitoring of inflammation Chairpersons: Per Venge (Sweden) and Kari Pulkki ( Finland)
10.00
10.30
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| Dade Behring Clinical Chemistry Workshop 10.00 Dimension ® RxL - Approach in laboratory automation Martin Fuhrer, Germany
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NORDISK FÖRENING FÖR KLINISK KEMI -
Tuesday, 9th June |
| Monday, June 8 | Tuesday, June 9 |
| 13.00 The effects of antidepressive and neuroleptic drugs on leptin and body mass index (BMI)
Leifur Franzson, Iceland | 13.00 Human Platelet Serotonin (5-HT)is a possible risk marker for coronary heart disease (CAD)
Mikael Farstad, Norway |
| 13.10 Production and Characterisation of Recombinant Vitamin D Receptor and It´s Ligand-binding Domain for Protein Crystallization
Kari Juntunen, Finland | 13.10 Improving the Diagnostic Accuracy of PSA Determinations by Logistic Regression Analysis
Patrik Finne, Finland |
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13.20 Osteocalcin Forms in Serum and Urine Samples Measured by Sensitive Immunoassays
Sanna-Maria Käkönen, Finland
13.30 Pro-C-Global values in elderly volunteers and their clinical implications
| 13.20 Kinetics of cTnl Release in the Blood Stream of AMI Patients Measured in Different Assays
Alex Katrukha, Finland & Antigenic definition and standardization of cardiac Troponin I (cTnl). Towards new generation of cardiac Troponin I assay? Catherine Larue, France |
| 13.40 Serum transferrin receptor and transferrin receptor-ferritin index identify healthy subjects with effective iron deficit
Pauli Suominen, Finland | 13.30 External Quality Assessment of Methylmalonic ACID and Total Homocysteine in Plasma. Report of the First Year
Jan Møller, Denmark |
| 13.50 Luminescence-Based Biosensors for the Detection of Various Tetracyclines
Marko Virta, Finland | 13.40 Association Between Reduced Plasma Vitamin C and Indicators of Inflammation
Kristiina Nyyssönen, Finland |
| 13.50 Assay of Prostate-specific Antigen Complexed with Alpha-1-protease Inhibitor in Serum
Wan-Ming Zhang, Finland |
Opening Ceremony, Saturday 6 June
The Opening Ceremony is held at the Congress Venue, Rantasipi Congress Hotel, on Saturday evening. After the Ceremony there will be organized transportation to the Koulu (The School) brewery restaurant for the City Reception.Finnish Evening, Sunday 7 June
The Finnish Evening will start on Sunday right after the Scientific Program with a one-hour boat trip to the manor of Ala-Lemu. Transportation back to Turku will be by bus. It is mainly an outdoor party so firm shoes and warm, comfortable clothing is recommended, because early June evenings may be chilly.Banquet in Turku Castle, Tuesday 9 June
Transportation to the banquet from all the congress hotels. Please check the bus timetable in the hotel lobby or in the general information paper in your congress envelope.Turku Historic Tour, S/S Ukko-Pekka Cruise and Finnish Archipelago
These tours are cancelled due to lack of participants. Please ask for a refund and also about individual tours of the same kind from the Congress Office.
Other Services
Baby sitting Baby sitting will be available. For further information please contact the Congress Office in advance. Bank The nearest banks are in Hämeenkatu. Banking hours on weekdays are 9.30 - 16.30. There are several banks in the city centre. Brekfast Breakfast will be served from 7.00 to 9.00 for those accommodated in the Rantasipi Congress Hotel. Certificates Please ask the Congress Office for receipts of your payments as well as certificates of your participation. Diet Guests with special diets: please contact the restaurant staff. Post There is a mail box at the Congress Venue and stamps are on sale at the reception. Smoking Smoking is not allowed inside buildings. Taxi At the Congress Venue you can ask the hotel reception or the Congress Office to call you a taxi. Taxi tel. 10041 Telephones At the Congress Venue public telephones can be found in the hotel lobby next to the reception (coin, phone card, credit card). Phone cards are on sale at the reception.
Congress Venue
Rantasipi Congress Hotel
Pispalantie 7, FIN-20540 Turku, Finland.
Tel. +358-(0)2-270800, fax +358-(0)2-270 8300
Congress Hotels
Congress Hotel Rantasipi,
Pispalantie 7, FIN-20540 Turku, tel. +358-2-270800, fax +358-2-270 8300Arctia Hotel Marina Palace,
Linnankatu 32, FIN-20100 Turku, tel. +358-2-336 300, fax +358-2-251 6750Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs,
Kauppiaskatu 6, FlN-20100Turku, tel. +358-2-337 381, fax +358-2-231 1010Hotel Ramada,
Eerikinkatu 28, FIN-20100 Turku, tel. +358-2-338 211, fax +358-2-338 2299Sokos Hotel Seurahuone,
Eerikinkatu 23, FIN-20100 Turku, tel. +358-2-337 301, fax +358-2-3518 051Hotel Karina,
Itäinen Pitkäkatu 30b, FIN-20700 Turku, tel. +358-2-265 7911, fax +358-2-265 7919Camping
Camping site is located by the sea in Ruissalo, about 10 kilometres from the city centre. There are tent and caravan places.
Turku, (in Swedish Åbo), the oldest city and former capital of Finland, is situated by the Baltic Sea, by the River Aura. The city and the lovely archipelago have something to offer to everyone.Turku can be easily accessed both by air and sea. There is a passenger harbour and an airport. The distance between Turku and Helsinki is about 160 kilometres, only 30 minutes by air or about 2 hours by train or bus.
A pleasant way to travel to the congress is to take one of the ferries from Stockholm. A ferry departing from Stockholm in the evening will arrive in Turku at about 8.00 a.m., just conveniently before the morning session. From the passenger harbour you can take a bus or a taxi to the Congress Venue. The taxi fee from the harbour is about FIM 40-50.
If you arrive by air, there is a bus (No 1) connection from the Turku airport to the Market Square, from where you can continue to the Congress Venue (buses 50, 51, 53, 54). The taxi fare from the airport to the Congress Venue is approximately FIM 80. Please see the website http://www.ilmailulaitos.com/lentoase/tur/aikataul.htm for Turku flights.
Finnair has been appointed the official carrier of the Congress. Please contact your nearest Finnair sales office to find out which special fares will be available to you.
Weather
In early June, Turku usually enjoys pleasant spring or summer weather. Expect day temperatures within the +8...+20° C range. There is a moderate chance of occasional showers and especially the evenings are chilly. The average temperature is +15oC.
Registration
Please fill up the registration form which should be completed and mailed to the Congress Office as soon as possible. Please indicate all the events you will attend in the scientific as well as the social program. Note that registration for the tours and events will be confirmed upon payment on a "first come, first served" - basis.Methods of payment
1. Bank transfer to the Congress Office/Labmed, University of Turku, PSP-Postipankki, Account No. 800012-70048144. Please enclose a copy of the bank receipt with your registration form and make sure your name appears on it.
2. Bank cheque made payable to the Congress Office/Labmed, University of Turku. Personal or Eurocheques cannot be accepted.
3. Credit card payments with the following cards: Visa, Mastercard and Eurocard.All the payments must be made in Finnish Marks. Please make sure that your name, address and the word "Labmed" are clearly stated on all payments. All registrants will receive a confirmation letter from the Congress Office.
Cancellation of registration
Cancellation must be made in writing to the Congress Office. A refund of 80% of the total amount paid will be made upon cancellation received by post or by fax before May 4, 1998. No refunds will be made after this date.
Registration Desk
The Congress Office will be ready to assist you at the Congress Hotel Rantasipi during the congress. On-site registration is possible at the registration desk. Congress Office will be open on Saturday from 12.00 until the end of the Opening Ceremony and on the following days from 7.30 until approximately 18.00.Slide Preview Room
There is a slide preview room where you can check your slides. Please mark them with the name and time of your session and leave them in the slide preview room in the beginning of the previous session at the latest. The AV personnel will take the slides to the lecture room and return them to the slide preview room where you can pick them up after the session.Badges and tickets
There are lunch and coffee tickets, but please also wear your congress badge at all times during the congress. You can identify the congress organisers by a red stripe on their congress badge. It is mandatory that you have your tickets with you and badge on you in all social events.Lunch and Coffee
All lunches will be served at the Congress venue's Tivoli restaurant from 11.00 to 14.00. Coffee will be served after the plenary lecture and in the afternoon from 13.00 to 15.00 near the main congress hall and trade exhibition.Posters
Poster stands are available at the basement floor for fixing posters, drawing pins will be provided. Do not use other adhesive material. Posters can be mounted from 8.00 on the day of presentation and should be dismantled between 16.00 and 17.00. Authors are expected to be at their posters for discussion from 14.00 to 14.30.Congress Languages
The official language of the Congress will be English. Scandinavian languages can be used in posters and in slide sessions.Industrial Exhibition
An extensive Industrial Exhibition of equipment, consumables and services will form a part of the Congress. It will be held in the Congress Hotel Rantasipi, in the vicinity of the auditorium and the poster exhibition. Throughout the Congress, the registrants are encouraged to visit the Exhibition. There will be ample opportunity to review current technology, and to discuss with industry representatives.Transportation
Transportation between the Congress Venue and the Congress Hotels will be organized. Please see the "general information" text in the congress envelope or in the hotel lobby.
Poster Session 1 Endocrinology
Poster session 2 Hematology
Poster session 3 Method development
Poster session 4 Method evaluation
Poster session 5 Cardiovascular risk factors and markers of myocardial damage
Poster session 6 Quality assessment and clinical test interpretation
Poster session 7 Tumor markers
Poster session 8 Miscellaneous
Exhibitors in alphabetical order stand number Abbot Oy/Diagnostics Division 8-9 Algol 14 AVL List GmbH 31 Bayer Diagnostics 10-11, D, KH4 Beckman Instruments/Ordior Oy 13 Becton Dickinson Oy 5 Bergman & Beving Meditech KH3b Bioclin N Bio-Rad Laboratories AB Scandinavia K-M Boule Nordic AB KH11 DadeBehring Diagnostika 26-27 DAKO A/S 14 DPC Finland Oy KH12 Euro-Diagnostica AB KH11 Hemoque 1 ILS Laboratories Scandinavia Oy 24-25 IMI, Intelligent Medical Imaging Europe 3 Instrumentarium Oy Instrumed 30 Kone Instruments Oy 19 L-Team International Oy 20-21 Labquality N Medicinsk Logik 2 Nycomed Pharma 28-29 Orion Diagnostica 12 Pharmacia&Upjohn Oy 22-23 Roche A/S/DIA 6-7, KH8-9 Scanlab Oy KH11 Tamro Corporation/Tamro Lab 15-17 TOA Medical 4 Wallac Oy 18, C YA-Kemia Oy KH3a