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Proxeon and Bruker Daltonik Announce OEM Agreement

November 15, 2007 12:05 AM Eastern Time

Bruker Daltonik to Offer Proxeon’s EASY-nLC, a Nanoscale Chromatography System, as Part of their LC/MS Product Portfolio

ODENSE, Denmark & BREMEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Proxeon A/S and Bruker Daltonik GmBH today announced that the companies have entered into an OEM agreement. Under the agreement, Bruker Daltonik will sell Proxeon’s nanoscale chromatography system, EASY-nLC™, together with their well-established range of products for mass spectrometry, beginning initially in the Europe region.

“Combining our range of proteomics MS products with the novel nanoLC system from Proxeon takes proteomics analysis to a new level in terms of performance, reliability and ease-of-use, answering the increasing demand for integrated solutions,” said Dr. Alexander Harder; Director of Product Management of Bruker Daltonik.

EASY-nLC is a fully integrated, split-free nanoscale LC system, optimized for use with mass spectrometry and in particular LC-MS applications in proteomics. The product is already in use in prestigious proteomics laboratories and will also continue to be sold through the Proxeon sales team. Bruker Daltonics offers a well-established range of mass spectrometry systems and solutions that are widely used in proteomics research, including their HCTultra™ ion trap, micrOTOF-Q™, and apex ultra™ instrument series. The Easy-nLC and MS systems are already completely integrated via Bruker Compass™ software, offering significant convenience and productivity advantages for proteomics researchers. The combined system will be sold by Bruker Daltonik through their sales and marketing organization.

“Bruker Daltonics is one of the world leading MS proteomics companies. This OEM agreement is an excellent opportunity to reach out and offer our outstanding product to a larger group of researchers,” explained Mårten Winge, CEO of Proxeon.

No financial terms of the agreement are disclosed.

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