Pittsburgh, PA., (April 28, 2009) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world

leader in serving science, today announced the availability of HCSDiscover,

a new data mining tool for High Content applications. Developed by Genedata

AG, a leading provider of in silico solutions for pharmaceutical R&D and

related life sciences, in collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the

Thermo Scientific Cellomics HCSDiscover software enables scientists to gain

deeper insights into High Content data, ultimately increasing productivity

through better decision-making. HCSDiscover will be exclusively demonstrated

on booth # 176 at the SBS Annual Conference and Exhibition, April 26-30

2009, Lille, France.

HCSDiscover is specifically designed for researchers dealing with a large

volume of multiparameter High Content data, in particular those working with

compound or RNAi screening, toxicity profiling and systems biology research.

HCSDiscover addresses key business needs of these users, including post

image analysis data visualization, mining and decision-making; integration

of High Content data with other discovery data and the need for open,

best-in-class tools for High Content.

Providing ease-of-use and simple deployment, HCSDiscover minimizes

installation and training time. Incorporating a workflow-based,

task-oriented user interface HCSDiscover has a short learning curve, yet

offers powerful functionality. Drawing on Thermo Fisher’s 10 year pedigree

in cellular bioinformatics and Genedata’s expertise HCSDiscover delivers

powerful, customizable tools and innovative visual analytics that

synchronize data and image display, while ensuring consistent analyses of

High Content data from any source.

HCSDiscover incorporates a unique rule-based mining tool to leverage the

power of multi-parameter data and with additional features including curve

fitting and outlier removal, researchers can gain increasing confidence in

High Content data and reach a deeper understanding of their biology. The

ability to create new measurements by combining existing feature data

enables researchers to explore more biologies and overcome image analysis

limitations.

For more information on the Thermo Scientific range of products for high

content imaging, please visit booth #176 at the SBS Annual Conference and

Exhibition, April 26-30 2009, Lille, France. Alternatively please call

1-800-432-4091 or visit www.thermo.com/hcs

Thermo Scientific is part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in

serving science.

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving

science, enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and

safer. With annual revenues of $10.5 billion, we have approximately 34,000

employees and serve over 350,000 customers within pharmaceutical and biotech

companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research

institutions and government agencies, as well as environmental and

industrial process control settings. Serving customers through two premier

brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, we help solve analytical

challenges from routine testing to complex research and discovery. Thermo

Scientific offers customers a complete range of high-end analytical

instruments as well as laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables

and reagents to enable integrated laboratory workflow solutions. Fisher

Scientific provides a complete portfolio of laboratory equipment, chemicals,

supplies and services used in healthcare, scientific research, safety and

education. Together, we offer the most convenient purchasing options to

customers and continuously advance our technologies to accelerate the pace

of scientific discovery, enhance value for customers and fuel growth for

shareholders and employees alike. Visit www.thermofisher.com.