InGen BioSciences Group, Exclusive Distributor for Cylex Incorporated in France, Reinforces its Translational Medicine Positioning

CHILLY-MAZARIN, France, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –

InGen BioSciences, specialised in the development and commercialisation of mono and
multiparametric in vitro diagnostic tests announced a new exclusive partnership with Cylex
Incorporated (Columbia, Maryland,
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US), a global life sciences company focused on in vitro diagnostic
products intended to illuminate immunity.

With this exclusive partnership with Cylex, InGen BioSciences will provide to the
French medical community the only FDA-cleared, CE marked and IVDD compliant assay that
detects changes in global immune function over time in patients undergoing
immunosuppressive therapy for organ transplant: ImmuKnow(R).

Organ transplantation is an effective therapy for end-stage organ failure and is
widely practised around the world. Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation
(GODT) 2010 data (produced by the WHO-ONT collaboration) report 106879 total solid organ
transplants per year of which 73179 kidney transplants , 21 602 liver transplants and 5
582 heart transplants(1).

Studies show that long-term use of immunosuppressants is associated with significant
morbidity and mortality in transplant recipients and current monitoring systems of
immunosuppression in those patients are typically focused on prevention of clinical
toxicities of immunosuppressive drugs. Minimising the risk of infection and rejection in
post-transplant patients is therefore crucial and challenging for clinicians.(2-5)
Unfortunately, these strategies are often not tailored to the individual and do not
determine the optimal level of immunosuppression for these patients.(3)

ImmuKnow, is an innovative platform, using a small blood sample, to simply and
reproducibly assess immune cell function, providing medical professionals with crucial
insight for individualised allograft transplant patient management allowing them to better
tailor immunosuppressant drug regimens to prevent organ rejection while avoiding
infection.

“Cylex is a global life sciences company leading in vitro diagnostic assays that
measure cellular immune function and ImmuKnow is an established, accepted technology that
is critical to providing better patient care” says Brad L. Stewart, President and CEO of
Cylex. “This distribution partnership with InGen BioSciences represents an exciting
opportunity for offering the best possible services to French transplant professionals
seeking to provide individualised management for their patients.”

“We are very proud of this exclusive partnership with Cylex which reinforces our
innovative offerings in immunology, complements our HLA IVD portfolio and strengthens our
positioning in integrated, concrete best-in-class solutions for present and future needs
of healthcare professionals in the rapidly evolving field of diagnostics”, comments
Isabelle Buckle, CEO of InGen BioSciences. “With our partners ONE LAMBDA and now CYLEX, we
respond to transplant specialists needs of diagnostic tools for assessing donor-recipient
matching as well as a personalised monitoring of transplanted patients.”

Since its foundation in 2001, InGen BioSciences has experienced 19 percent compound
growth (CAGR) and counts 65 employees (of whom 15% are dedicated to R&D). Its first
proprietary product, BJI InoPlex(TM), a non-invasive and easy to use tool for detection of
infections in pre-and post-operative implants for orthopaedic surgeons, infectious
diseases specialists and other healthcare professionals, was launched in 2011.

1. 2010 Estimates from the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation.
http://www.transplant-observatory.org/Pages/Uses-of-Data.aspx last visited May 30th
2012. 2.FishmanJ A. Infection in solid-organ transplant recipients. N Engl J Med.
2007;357:2601-2614.. 3. Cainelli F., Vento S. Infections and solid organ transplant
rejection: a cause-and-effect relationship? The Lancet Infectious Diseases,2002 ; 2: Issue
9, : 539-549 4. Kowalski, R J.; Post, Diane R.; Mannon, Roslyn B. et al. Assessing
Relative Risks of Infection and Rejection: A Meta-analysis using an Immune Function Assay.
Transplantation 2006 ; 82 – Issue 5: 663-668. 5. Cabrera R, Ararat M, Soldevila-Pico C, et
al. Using an immune functional assay to differentiate acute cellular rejection from
recurrent hepatitis C in liver transplant patients. Liver Transpl. 2009;15:216- 222.

Notes to Editors

About the InGen BioSciences Group

The ambition of excellence.

The InGen BioSciences Group, a flexible, reactive, client centric company striving for
optimum innovation (products and services) to meet the needs of biologists for their
patients – develops and markets (proprietary or licensed) advanced in vitro diagnostic
kits and automats for clinical use.

        - The company's primary focus is on infectious diseases, transplant
          diagnostics, auto-immunity, quality control products and rapid tests including its
          proprietary product Tetanos Quick Stick(R).
        - Turnover reached 23.3 MEUR in 2011.
        - InGen Biosciences supplies with seamless services a large selection of
          high-performing reagents combined with platform analysis to roughly 750 European
          customers. Its current customers are hospitals, private laboratories, blood
          transfusion services and research laboratories.
        - InGen, the distribution part of the Group, has historical footprint in France,
          Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and strong brand recognition in Europe with 25
          longstanding partnerships.
        - The Group's R&D arm, IBS, specialises in the development of mono and
          multiparametric tests using proteomics technologies - IBS brings to market clinically
          relevant , innovative, CE marked and IVDD compliant assays that are minimally
          invasive, fast, cost-effective. Over 15 patent families, 39 patent applications are
          currently registered.
        - The group is ISO 9001 (2008) and 13485 (2004) certified.
        - Sustainable strategic alliances are keys for InGen BioSciences Group to pursue
          its mission in delivering innovative solutions to unsolved matters worldwide with IVD
          companies for product distribution, acquisitions & geographic expansion or with
          academics, biotech and pharma for companion tests, in-licensing, co-development &
          in-house development of proprietary technologies.

For more information please visit: http://www.ingenbiosciences.com

About Cylex

Originally founded in 1992, Cylex is a venture-backed global life sciences company
based in Columbia, MD USA. Cylex develops, manufactures and commercializes in vitro
diagnostic products intended to illuminate immunity. The Company received certification to
ISO 13485:2003 and 9001:2000, signifying compliance with internationally recognized
standards in design, development and manufacturing of medical products. Cylex experienced
exponential growth in recent years and holds a robust portfolio of patents issued in North
America, Europe and Asia.

Cylex’s first FDA-cleared product, ImmuKnow
[http://www.cylex.net/hcpclinicians/gettoknow.html ], represents patented technology
designed to give clinical researchers insight for individualized patient management.
Combined with individual patients’ clinical factors and other routine monitoring tests,
the ImmuKnow assay results help guide decisions in therapy to avoid over- or
under-immunosuppression. ImmuKnow is currently sold in 18 countries.

For more information, visit http://www.cylex.net.

About ImmuKnow(R)

The Cylex ImmuKnow assay uses only 1 ml blood to provide rapid assessment of global
immune function in organ transplant patients.

The ImmuKnow assay defines three immunological response zones: strong, moderate and
weak. These zones can guide physicians in patient management.

ImmuKnow detects intracellular ATP synthesis in stimulated CD4+ cells selected from
whole blood by monoclonal antibody coated magnetic beads. The amount of ATP produced
reflects global T cell function. The measurement of CD4+ activation reflects cellular
immunity because the CD4+ lymphocytes orchestrate cell-mediated immunity through
immunoregulatory signalling.

The utility of the ImmuKnow assay has been well characterized and validated:

        - Over 650,000 assays run
        - 25 prospective and interventional studies in more than 1000 transplant
          recipients
        - More than 120 clinical studies

1. Cabrera R, Ararat M, Soldevila-Pico C, et al. Using an immune functional assay to
differentiate acute cellular rejection from recurrent hepatitis C in liver transplant
patients. Liver Transpl. 2009;15:216- 222.

2. Sanchez-Velasco P, Rodrigo E, Valero R, et al. Intracellular ATP concentrations of
CD4 cells in kidney transplant patients with and without infection. Clin Transplant.
2008;22:55-60.

3. Bhorade SM, Janata K, Vigneswaran WT, Alex CG, Garrity ER. Cylex ImmuKnow assay
levels are lower in lung transplant recipients with infection. J Heart Lung Transplant.
2008;27:990-994.

4. Husain S, Raza K, Pilewski JM, et al. Experience with immune monitoring in lung
transplant recipients: correlation of low immune function with infection. Transplantation.
2009;87:1852-1857.

5. Kiyosaki K, Kobashigawa J, Patel J, et al. The benefit of immune monitoring
(Cylex): a review of 864 immune monitoring assays in heart transplantation. Presented at:
The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 29th Annual Meeting and
Scientific Sessions; April 22-25, 2009; Paris, France; Abstract 511.

6. Humar A, Michaels M. American Society of Transplantation recommendations for
screening, monitoring and reporting of infectious complications in immunosuppression
trials in recipients of organ transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2006;6:262-274.

7. Augustine NH, Pasi BM, Hill HR. Comparison of ATP production in whole blood and
lymphocyte proliferation in response to phytohemagglutinin. J Clin Lab Anal.
2007;21:265-270

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