Indianapolis, IN, January 20, 2004 : Ocimum Biosolutions today announced that National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) has chosen Biotracker™ as its Lab Information Management System (LIMS) for their DNA sequencing facility at Halifax. The implementation partner for Ocimum is UBI, United Bioinformatica Inc, Canada.

Biotracker™ was chosen over several other vendors. Ocimum’s CEO, Ms. Anuradha Acharya commented, “This sale represents an affirmation of Biotracker™ as one of the leading LIMS solutions in the world for the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences community.” Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

About NRCCThe National Research Council is the Government of Canada’s premier organization for research and development. The IMB lab in Halifax where the solution will be deployed houses the most active DNA sequencing facility in Canada, with a steadily increasing capacity to generate and analyze sequence data. The state-of-the-art facility performs automated sequencing of complete, and partial, genomes related to fish and shellfish health and nutrition. Current research also includes sequencing of several bacterial genomes including pathogens of fish and mammals.

About Biotracker™Biotracker ™ is a multi-platform GLP compliant LIMS for the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical industries. The software enables life sciences and pharmaceutical labs to keep an accurate track of samples, reagents, instruments, processes and output from the time these samples or resources are acquired right through to the final stage of research. Biotracker ™ comes with multi-level user configurable security feature. Biotracker™ also provides easy and low-cost instrument and application interfacing. This software is a comprehensive lab information and knowledge management system compliant with GLP and based on guidelines set forth by US FDA 21 CFR Part 11.

About Ocimum

Ocimum Biosolutions is an ISO 9001:2000 certified life sciences contract R&D Company provides cost-effective customized contract research services and next generation bioinformatics tools & services in the area of genomics, proteomics, laboratory information management (LIMS) for Biotech and Pharmaceutical industry. Ocimum Biosolutions is a Delaware registered company with its operations at Indianapolis, Indiana. The Indian arm of Ocimum Biosolutions is located at Hyderabad.

About UBIUBI’s strategy is to acquire the rights to sell premier bioinformatics software in Canada. UBI focuses on addressing their customers’ broader needs and, where appropriate, provides training, integration and consulting services. As UBI builds its relationships with its customers, UBI looks for collaborative development opportunities to build high value software products that provide simple, elegant solutions to meet their customers’ informatics needs. Additional information can be found at our website at http://www.ubi.ca/.

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