Biotage Partners with John Morris Scientific for Distribution in Australia and New Zealand

Uppsala, Sweden, February 4, 2010- Biotage, a leading supplier of tools and technology for medicinal and analytical chemistry, announced a partnership with John Morris Scientific Pty Ltd (JMS), a leading distributor in Australia and New Zealand. The addition of JMS better positions the company to take advantage of the increased demand for Biotage products in the region.

JMS is one of the largest and most well established scientific instrumentation suppliers in Australia with 13 offices across Australia and New Zealand. Their reputation of being a reliable and effective partner to
customers was a key factor in their selection. "We are very pleased with
the enthusiasm and knowledge of the John Morris Scientific team and are confident that this partnership will result in excellent sales and service support for our customers in the region as well solid business growth" said Vijay Gupta, Director of International Sales, Biotage.

Andre Wyzenbeek, Marketing Director of John Morris Scientific commented:
"Biotage is a well respected brand with an excellent reputation among the local research communities for solutions that achieve better results, faster. Biotage is especially prominent in the local medicinal chemistry community, where they fill an exciting niche with their extensive range of scale up chromatography products, resins and best in class microwave systems for organic synthesis."

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About Biotage
Biotage is a global technology based company, which provides tools for life science research. The company offers a broad range of solutions, knowledge and experience in the areas of analytical and medicinal chemistry.
Customers include the world's top 30 pharmaceutical companies, the world's top 20 biotech companies, and leading academic institutes. The company is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden and has subsidiaries in the United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Biotage has 270 employees and had sales of SEK 385,3m in 2008. Biotage is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Stock Exchange.
Website: www.biotage.com

Posted: 9-Feb-2010

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