MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2006--SurModics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX - News) and Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE:DCI - News) today announced a strategic marketing and distribution agreement with Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW - News), through which Corning Life Sciences will provide worldwide marketing and distribution of nanofiber cell culture products for in vitro (laboratory based) cell culture research and drug discovery applications.