To: profile_14 who wrote (1388 ) 7/6/2001 2:44:37 PM From: Frederick Langford Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2260 BioDiscovery, Inc. and Corning Incorporated Sign Co-Marketing Agreement LOS ANGELES, Jul 6, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BioDiscovery, Inc. a leading developer of software products for microarrays, announced today that it has signed a non-exclusive co-marketing agreement with Corning Incorporated, a world leader in optical communications and more recently a major contributor to the microarray market. Under terms of the agreement BioDiscovery and Corning will co-market BioDiscovery's market leading software products for microarray analysis and Corning's gene arrays. "BioDiscovery is committed to offering our customers state-of-art software for microarrays and we see this co-marketing agreement consistent with this objective," said Dr. Soheil Shams, president of BioDiscovery. Under the agreement BioDiscovery will add templates for Corning's gene arrays to the BioDiscovery ImaGene(TM) product family. ImaGene is widely recognized as the industry leading software for microarray image analysis and quantitation." "Corning Incorporated is known not only for its world class manufacturing capabilities, but also its innovative business solutions that will ultimately benefit our customers," states John Lubniewski, director of sales and marketing for Corning Microarray Technologies. "We believe that this is one of many steps which will ensure building strong relationships up and down the value chain and at the same time offer a complete solution to our customers. This co-marketing effort will allow Corning customers the benefit of having an open format, and will promote ease of use for those who are using ImaGene software." About the companies: Established in 1851, Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) creates leading-edge technologies for the fastest-growing markets of the world's economy. Corning manufactures optical fiber, cable and photonic products for the telecommunications industry; and high-performance displays and components for television, information technology and other communications-related industries. The company also uses advanced materials to manufacture products for scientific, semiconductor, environmental and life science markets. Corning's revenues in 2000 were $ 7.1 billion. Corning launched its first commercial DNA microarray, the CMT(TM) Yeast S228c gene array, in September of last year, and intends to expand its product portfolio with both index and theme arrays for multiple organisms in 2001. These new products build upon the success of Corning's CMT-GAPS(TM) coated slides, hybridization chambers, as well as its existing glass and plastic laboratory ware business. ( corning.com ) BioDiscovery, Inc., based in Los Angeles, CA is the leading developer of software products for microarrays. BioDiscovery's product line consists of CloneTracker(TM), ImaGene(TM), and GeneSight(TM). For more information on BioDiscovery's products see www.biodiscovery.com.