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To: tuck who wrote (587)	1/15/2002 9:12:29 AM
From: tuck	Respond to of 1005

INGN with another manufacturing win: >>AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: INGN - news) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Biogen, Inc. (Nasdaq: BGEN - news) to provide process development and manufacturing services for therapeutic gene delivery systems. Under the multi-year agreement Introgen will generate materials and make recommendations to support Biogen's product development activities in the gene therapy field. Financial terms were not disclosed. ``We look forward to supporting Biogen with Introgen's industry-leading expertise in manufacturing gene delivery systems,'' said James W. Albrecht, Jr., Introgen's chief financial officer. ``We expect our work under this agreement will create material revenues for Introgen in future periods.'' Recently, Introgen was selected to manufacture the worldwide reference material to be used by companies and academic institutions developing adenovirus-based products based on a manufacturing project award from the Williamsburg BioProcessing Foundation. The Office of Cellular and Gene Therapies of the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised on the award grant based on competencies and expertise of competing companies. Introgen owns the world's largest safety database for adenoviral vectors and controls key intellectual property in the area of gene therapy applications and viral vector production technology. ``We believe Biogen's selection of Introgen to deliver development and manufacturing services further validates Introgen's strategy of providing the infrastructure and expertise to shorten development timelines and to enhance the value of product candidates for select third parties,'' said Shawn L. Gallagher, Introgen's vice president for product development.<< snip Cheers, Tuck