Sanbio to Distribute ID-Tag™ Respiratory Viral Panel in Netherlands

Sanbio b.v. will be distributing Tm Bioscience's ID-Tag™ Respiratory Viral Panel (RVP) in the Netherlands. The ID-Tag RVP detects and discriminates between 20 respiratory viruses including Avian Flu and SARS.

"Signing our first European distribution agreement for our ID-Tag RVP is an important milestone in our global commercialization strategy for this product," said Mr. Greg Hines, President and CEO of Tm Bioscience. "We intend to complete a series of distribution agreements across Europe over the coming months to be well positioned for the rapid commercialization of this test upon gaining European regulatory clearance, which we anticipate will be achieved in
2006."

Tm Bioscience's strategy is to make the ID-Tag RVP product a worldwide standard for use in patient and resource management in clinical environments as well as for use in public health programs.