OVERVIEW

Established in 1998, Union Biometrica is the pioneer in the development, manufacture, distribution and service of high throughput systems for the screening of "large" particles such as beads used in combinatorial chemistry libraries and small seeds, and for small multicellular organisms including C. elegans, Drosophila, and D. rerio. Union Biometrica's proprietary COPAS systems are helping to accelerate research in application areas such as genetic and compound screening, functional genomics, target identification / validation, and in vivo toxicology HTS. Using one of our various application specific COPAS^TM systems, researchers can analyze, sort, and dispense objects with a higher precision and speed than any other commercially available technique, thereby dramatically reducing the time required for experiments and even enabling new, previously unfeasible experiments to be performed.

With continuous research and development in both instrumentation and customized assays, Union Biometrica is helping our customers to overcome bottlenecks in genetics research as well as the target validation, high-throughput/high content screening, and ADMET screening aspects of drug discovery. By working with both biologists and combinatorial chemists, our highly qualified group of scientists provides customers a unique perspective of the relationship between these two fields particularly in relation to drug discovery. One example of this interdisciplinary cooperation is to use COPAS for screening a compound library to identify and isolate compounds of interest. Researchers then test these compounds (drug candidates) using small animal models in combination with COPAS screening to determine their absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, and toxicology properties prior to conducting costly clinical trials.

Union Biometrica's current product line features COPAS^TM high performance flow systems including the BIOSORT, SELECT, PLUS, and XL models, as well as our COPAS Data Acquisition and Analysis Software. Systems are available in a variety of size-optimized platforms and are capable of sorting objects by length, optical density, and multiple channels of fluorescence. We also offer a specially formulated line of reagents and control particles. Union Biometrica also offers a wide range of contract biological services, assay development, genetic and compound screens, and transgenic services.

Union Biometrica Inc. is a Delaware corporation. Located in Holliston, Massachusetts, our headquarters are in the heart of one of the most world-renowned educational and high technology districts, with some of the most prestigious academic facilities and biotechnology firms just a few miles away. Union Biometrica GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Union Biometrica Inc., provides sales, service and applications support for our European customers. We maintain a fully equipped applications laboratory and customer support offices in Geel, Belgium. In other countries including Asia-Pacific we do business via a world-wide network of local distributors.