Pioneer in role and uses of SNPs in pharmaceutical development to present at the IBC pharmacogenomics, SNPs & genetics patenting ...( the development of proprietary techno...)

the development of proprietary technologies for high-volume, low-cost analysis of DNA sequence variations and conducted the company's pioneering research in human SNP analysis. Dr. Boyce-Jacino received his Bachelor of Science in Medical Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin Madison, and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Minnesota.

About Orchid BioSciences, Inc.
Orchid BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ORCH) is a leading provider of products, services and technologies for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) scoring and genetic diversity analyses. Its proprietary SNP-IT SNP analysis technology is the foundation for Orchid's SNPstream instruments and SNPware consumables that rapidly and cost effectively generate highly accurate SNP information. SNP-IT is adaptable to environments ranging from small-scale laboratories to large commercial facilities. Its versatility enables Orchid's Platform Propagation strategy, in which Orchid partners with industry leaders to make SNP-IT enabled products available on a wide variety of instrument platforms. Orchid provides high throughput SNP scoring services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic customers through its MegaSNPatron facility, and DNA testing through its GeneScreen facilities, which conduct paternity, forensics, transplantation and pharmacogenetic testing. Through its Pharmaceutical Value Creation business, Orchid seeks to identify proprietary medical applications of SNPs. More information on Orchid can be found at www.orchid.com.

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Noonan/Russo Communications
11-Feb-2001

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