Biotique Systems announced today a distribution agreement with Affymetrix Inc allowing Affymetrix to distribute XRAY directly to its customers. XRAY is an easy to use but powerful gene expression analysis system and is deployed as a Microsoft(R) Excel(R) ‘add-in’. The familiar Excel environment combined with Wizards and auto-generated methods and quality control reports allow XRAY to be used with little or no software specific training.

“We are delighted to be able to offer Biotique System’s XRAY directly to our customers,” said Greg Fisher, associate director, product marketing at Affymetrix. “Customer feedback shows that this is an intuitive and powerful way in which to analyze Affymetrix array data, offering a higher degree of flexibility and ease-of-use.”

About Biotique Systems, Inc.

Biotique Systems is a privately held company that helps pharmaceutical, agriculture and biotechnology companies increase productivity by providing customizable, enterprise-wide solutions for integrating, analyzing and sharing knowledge assets. By bringing together people, projects, disparate data sources and workflow applications Biotique Systems is helping leading companies such as Bayer-Schering Pharma, Monsanto and Affymetrix integrate information from discovery programs across disparate research disciplines and geographic locations to facilitate innovation and discovery.

Biotique is enabling the next generation of pharmaceutical, agricultural, and biotechnology discovery and development. For more information about Biotique Systems, call 775-787-9900, e-mail inquire@biotiquesystems.com, or visit www.biotiquesystems.com