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Sigma-Genosys Installs New State-of-the-Art Systems for Its Fast Growing Custom Peptide Services

Posted on: Wednesday, 12 July 2006, 18:00 CDT

ST. LOUIS, July 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Genosys, a division of Sigma-Aldrich , is pleased to announce it has expanded its portfolio of technologies to support its rapidly growing custom peptide business.

Central to this expansion is the introduction of mass-based purification systems. LC/MS purification has supplanted conventional, less-specific UV detectors, as the method of choice for peptide purification. The utilization of this technology in the Sigma-Genosys manufacturing process has significantly increased throughput. In addition, analytical capabilities have been augmented by the introduction of MS/MS detection. This combination of mass based systems with expanded synthesis capacity creates a state-of-the-art manufacturing environment for achieving the highest throughput and quality.

"This significant financial investment reinforces our commitment to the custom peptide market, ensuring integrity and accuracy of quality peptide production and rapid delivery to our growing customer base," said Shaf Yousaf, President of Sigma-Aldrich's Research Biotech business unit. "It is our goal to become the premier quality supplier of custom manufactured peptide services to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide."

Sigma-Genosys continues to evaluate and implement cutting-edge technologies for continued improvements in product quality and services. These recent investments, in conjunction with ISO:9001 certified manufacturing processes, ensure customers are provided with the highest quality peptides.

About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company. Its biochemical and organic chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical and other high technology manufacturing. The Company has customers in life science companies, university and government institutions, hospitals, and in industry. Over one million scientists and technologists use its products. Sigma-Aldrich operates in 35 countries and has 7,200 employees providing excellent service worldwide. Sigma-Aldrich is committed to Accelerating Customer Success through Leadership in Life Science, High Technology and Service. For more information about Sigma-Aldrich, please visit its award- winning Web site at sigma-aldrich.com.

Cautionary Statement: This release contains forward-looking statements relating to future performance, goals, strategic actions and initiatives and similar intentions and beliefs and other statements regarding the Company's expectations, goals, beliefs, intentions and the like, which involve assumptions regarding the Company's operations and conditions in the markets the Company serves. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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Sigma-Aldrich

CONTACT: Sean Battles, +1-314-286-7616, or Shaf Yousaf, +1-314-286-7918,both of Sigma-Aldrich

Web site: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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