Millipore’s Viresolve® NFR filters soon to be available with SMART Technology

Billerica, Massachusetts—April 24, 2007—Millipore Corporation announced today that Viresolve® NFR filters will be available with SMART Technology. Millipore’s SMART Technology combines RFID (radio frequency identification) tags with a reader and is an error proof way to convey critical information electronically about Viresolve NFR cartridges to customers. These tags are fully isolated from the flow path and do not affect filter performance.

Key filter specifications are stored on the tag, including catalogue number, lot number, serial number and unit specific diffusion value. Instead of using a generic specification, customers now have the ability to use the specifications unique for each filter in a multi-round housing. The AccuSMART™ reader software reads each cartridge before it is placed in a multi-round housing and then calculates the integrity testing specification for this housing providing a more accurate integrity testing specification. A print out is generated for record keeping. The need to visually read, transcribe and manipulate key filter specifications is eliminated, preventing transcription and calculation mistakes.

Millipore will preview the SMART Viresolve filter during a workshop at The Waterside Conference, on Wednesday, April 25, at 8:30 AM.

For more information, please contact Millipore Customer or Technical Service at 1-800-MILLIPORE or visit www.millipore.com/bioprocess.

Millipore’s Bioprocess division delivers integrated solutions and services for every application, every step and every scale of the drug development and manufacturing process. With more than 50 years of experience, Millipore provides the world’s leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies with resources designed to improve yields, process economics and speed to market. For more information, visit www.millipore.com/bioprocess.


About Millipore

Millipore is a leading provider of products and services that improve productivity in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and in clinical, analytical and research laboratories. The Company is organized in two operating divisions. Its Bioprocess division helps enable pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to optimize their manufacturing productivity, ensure the quality of drugs, and scale up the production of difficult-to-manufacture biologics. Its Bioscience division helps to optimize laboratory productivity and workflows. Its products and enabling technologies that are used in the laboratory are essential for the research and development of biologically based life science therapeutics. Millipore has a deep understanding of its customers' research and manufacturing process needs, and offers reliable and innovative tools, technologies and services. The Company is part of the S&P 500 index and employs approximately 5,800 employees in more than 47 offices worldwide. For additional information on Millipore Corporation, please visit its website at: www.millipore.com.



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