Compugen to Transfer Bioccelerator Product Line to Biocceleration Ltd July 17, 2003
Tel Aviv, Israel - July 17, 2003 - Compugen Ltd. (Nasdaq: CGEN) today announced that it will transfer its Bioccelerator product line to Biocceleration Ltd. in exchange for certain fixed payments during approximately the next two years and for royalties from future sales of this product line and any future products based on the Bioccelerator intellectual property. The transfer is expected to take place by the end of August 2003 pursuant to a recently signed agreement.
The Bioccelerator product line accelerates sensitive and rigorous similarity searches in nucleotide and protein databases. The different products significantly accelerate such searches relative to general purpose computers. Similarity searches are an important first step in determining the function of novel DNA and protein sequences.
Biocceleration Ltd. is a bioinformatics company established by a group of private investors, and is headed by Simchon Faigler, who was one of Compugen's founders in 1993. Upon the completion of this transaction, Biocceleration will become a provider of accelerated database search products in the field of bioinformatics.
"By transferring the Bioccelerator product line, we are strengthening Compugen's focus on our two primary commercialization channels: high-end platforms and services that we offer to leading biopharmaceutical companies, and discoveries based on our own internal research," said Mor Amitai, Ph.D., President and CEO of Compugen Ltd. "We are very pleased that the Bioccelerator activities will be continued by the same team, thus assuring a smooth and seamless transition for the Bioccelerator customer base."
About Compugen
Compugen (NASDAQ: CGEN), a drug and diagnostic discovery company, is a leader in incorporating ideas and methods from mathematics, computer science and physics into the disciplines of biology, organic chemistry and medicine with the objective of significantly increasing the probability of success of drug and diagnostic development. This unique capability is a proven basis for both in-house discovery of potential therapeutic and diagnostic products, and the development of high value platforms, tools and services. Compugen has established collaborations with leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies such as Abbott Laboratories, Gene Logic, Novartis, Pfizer and Sigma-Genosys. For additional information, please visit Compugen's Website at www.cgen.com
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