Cellexus Limited Appoints Dunn Labortechni GmbH as Distributor in Germany

Cellexus Limited, a leading supplier of innovative single use, disposable bioreactors which are designed to simplify and improve cell culture and fermentation bioprocesses, has appointed Dunn Labortechnik GmbH as their distributor in Germany and Austria. This is part of a continued geographical expansion as the Company continues to grow.

Mr Paul Stubbing, Cellexus Limited Chief Operating Officer, said in a statement, "We are very pleased to have entered into a distribution agreement with Dunn Labortechnik, an organisation which has an excellent reputation in the German market and provides us with first class links to customers in Germany, which represents a significant market opportunity for Cellexus. We see this agreement as a great step forward for us as we continue to expand and very much look forward to working with the experienced team at Dunn Labortechnik to expand sales of the Cellexus products in Germany”.

Mrs Hannelore Dunn, Managing Director of Dunn Labortechnik, added: "We are very pleased to be working with Cellexus Limited in the sales of the Cellexus single use, disposable bioreactor systems in Germany and Austria." Mrs Dunn commented: “Cellexus is a reputable manufacturer with high quality products which ideally compliment our existing product range”.”

The Cellexus CellMaker systems apply single-use, disposable cell culture bioreactor bags with highly efficient methods to mix and oxygenate. Whilst other systems require shakers, rockers, rollers or large environmental chambers, the CellMaker systems employ a novel airlift technology which is simple, scalable, inexpensive to use and proven to out-perform cell culture in flasks. The CellexusBags, which are the unique single-use, disposable cell culture bags in which cells are grown in the CellMaker Regular system, enable fast set-up times and eliminate cleaning requirements. The CellMaker Regular very efficiently aerates the CellexusBag with controlled air flow providing oxygen for cell growth and gentle and effective mixing to maintain cells in suspension. Pressure control enhances oxygen availability to cells as well as decreases foaming and temperature control enables production of high yields of soluble protein under optimal conditions.

About Cellexus Limited

Cellexus Limited (Huntingdon, UK) provides a range of instruments and value added consumables to help researchers in the biopharmaceutical industry and academia develop new biopharmaceutical products from cell lines.

Biopharmaceuticals are a rapidly evolving range of therapeutics generated by culturing cells in bioreactors and include proteins, antibodies or vaccines, with the possible of future medical treatments offered by stem cell research also falling into this category. Sales of biopharmaceuticals reached US$60 billion in 2005 and are growing at 20% per year. The Company’s core technology is at the centre of a range of different product configurations and formats the Company offers that can be used for production of biological cells and proteins in a single-use, disposable bag format. This same configuration can also be used in biopharmaceutical manufacture for mixing various materials under clean and sterile conditions. These product range offer significant technological improvements for cell culture and cell growth to the biopharmaceutical industry.

The single-use, disposable (consumable) element of the CellMaker bioreactors that the Company markets is the CellexusBag™. This single use, disposable self contained bag forms a product range which is manufactured under clean room conditions and to the ISO standards required by the biopharmaceutical industry. The bioreactor products come with built-in chiller units and an oxygen generator, which removes the need for piped gas. The gentle flow of gas bubbles mixes the contents and the bag design reduces foaming. The CellMaker equipment used to manage the cell culture process is very simple, efficient and inexpensive to use. A patent protecting the Company’s Intellectual Property in this area was filed in December 2005 with a second patent application filed in June 2007.

About Dunn Labortechnik GmbH

Dunn Labortechnik GmbH, founded over 27 years ago, is a distributor of innovative products for the cell and tissue culture laboratories, microbiology and molecular biology as well as high throughput screening.

The company provides expert advice, flexible service, high-quality specialty products and their rapid delivery which are the cornerstones of the company philosophy.

The products the company distributes are selected with great care for the needs of these customer groups and must meet strict quality and reliability requirements. The Company only works with reputable manufacturers of high quality products. To support the sales activities, the Company also participates at important exhibitions throughout Europe, including the major trade fairs BioTechnica and Analytica in Germany.
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