CRUCELL AND DSM BIOLOGICS ANNOUNCE INVITROGEN AS FIRST PARTNER IN PER.C6 VENDOR NETWORK

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CRUCELL AND DSM BIOLOGICS ANNOUNCE INVITROGEN AS FIRST PARTNER IN PER.C6 VENDOR NETWORK
10 July 2006 - DSM Coating Resins

Dutch biotechnology company Crucell N.V. and technology partner DSM Biologics have announced today that Invitrogen, a leading life sciences products and services provider, will become the first company to enter the partnership’s PER.C6 licensing business Vendor Network for monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins.

Through its PD-DirectTM services, Invitrogen has extensive experience with the PER.C6 technology and will offer PER.C6 licensees the benefit of expertise developed as a leader in clone generation services. Moreover, Invitrogen will continue to develop and optimize clone generation solutions specifically tailored to the PER.C6 human cell line.

The Vendor Network was created to develop and provide high-quality biotechnology tools and services specifically tailored to PER.C6. It will consist of carefully selected leading tool and service providers offering, for example, PER.C6 clone generation programs, medium, bioreactor and other production equipment and devices, and process development services. Vendors will ensure ongoing innovation of unique processes and products that enhance the performance of the PER.C6 technology platform. Furthermore, they will use their marketing and sales efforts to offer PER.C6-related goods and services, thereby increasing the exposure of the PER.C6 brand worldwide.

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About: DSM Coating Resins
DSM Coating Resins is one of the business groups making up DSM’s Performance Materials cluster. It specializes in the development, manufacture and sale of resins for coating systems. It is a global supplier of polyester resins for powder coatings, can coatings and coil coatings. The company also plays an important role as a resins supplier to the decorative coatings market, protective and maintenance coatings market, and industrial coatings markets. DSM Coating Resins has production sites in many countries in Europe, North America and Asia.

DSM's activities are grouped into three clusters: Life Science Products, Performance Materials and Industrial Chemicals. DSM Nutritional Products will remain a seperate entity for the time being. The group has annual sales (pro forma, including the recent acquisition - renamed DSM Nutritional Products) of approximately EUR 8 billion and employs in the region of 25 000 people around the world. Its headquarters are based in The Netherlands.

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