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June 29, 2004
Cellomics and GE Healthcare Collaborate To Provide
Faster and More Effective
Cellular Screening Solutions
Software Development and Commercialization
Agreement Offers Informatics
Solution for High Content Cellular
Analysis
Pittsburgh, PA (June 29, 2004) -
Cellomics, Inc. and GE Healthcare
(a
combination of the former Amersham
and GE Medical Systems) today announced
a
software development and commercialization
agreement aimed at facilitating
faster and more efficient drug development.
Under the terms of the
agreement, the two companies will
collaborate to develop and market
an
interface that permits High Content
Screening (HCS) analysis utilizing
both
GE Healthcare's sub-cellular imaging
instruments and Cellomics' high content
informatics (HCi*) platform.
Under the agreement, Cellomics will
develop and sell software that allows
data and images generated by GE Healthcare's
IN Cell Analyzer 3000 and IN
Cell Analyzer 1000 sub-cellular imaging
systems to be extracted and
interrogated by Cellomics® Store
and vHCS* Discovery ToolBox, key components
of Cellomics' HCi platform. When used
with the IN Cell Analyzer 3000 and
IN
Cell Analyzer 1000 systems, the software
will enable researchers to easily
store, mine and interpret data, and
so make faster and more informed
decisions in their drug development
process.
"This collaboration with Cellomics
supports GE Healthcare's strategy
of
helping customers improve efficiencies
in gathering, analyzing, and
understanding complex drug development
information," said Michael Evans,
vice president of marketing and strategy,
Discovery Systems, GE Healthcare.
"Aided by Cellomics' informatics
software, users of our IN Cell Analyzer
3000 and IN Cell Analyzer 1000 systems
will be able to mine and interpret
data more easily."
"Our customers have found high
value by utilizing our proprietary
HCi
solutions for the management and analysis
of their HCS data," commented
Daniel J. Calvo, president and CEO
of Cellomics. "These tools are
vital to
the success of HCS programs in both
drug discovery and basic life science
research. We are pleased that we will
be able to combine our informatics
solution expertise with GE Healthcare's
cellular analysis products to drive
towards the ultimate goal of cutting
drug development time."
About Cellomics
Cellomics, Inc. is automating drug
discovery through a unique, cell-based
assay platform that addresses the
needs of Drug Discovery and Systems
Biology groups by offering complete
systems for High Content Screening
(HCS). The platform includes HCS instrumentation
(both fixed end-point and
kinetic systems), informatics, cellular
image analysis software
(BioApplications), fluorescent reagents,
kits, cell lines, and
multiparametric assays. When applied
to early drug discovery, this platform
is proving to reduce the 'idea-to-discovery'
cycle time in drug discovery,
while increasing the probability of
the therapeutic success of leads as
well
as enhancing throughput in systems
biology and basic research. Cellomics'
proprietary platforms, including the
ArrayScan® and KineticScan®
HCS
Readers, along with the HCi software
platform and BioApplications, are
in
use at multiple sites within all of
the top fifteen pharmaceutical
companies, as well as leading pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies and
academic centers globally. For more
information about Cellomics, visit
our
website at www.cellomics.com.
For collaborative programs on Cellomics new dimension
of HCS and other information, contact:
Terence Brady
Corporate Communications
Cellomics, Inc.
100 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412-770-2200 x2237
412-770-2240 (fax)
tbrady@cellomics.com
www.cellomics.com
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