CALBIOsummit 2003 Exhibitor Profiles.

Business Editors/Biotechnology Writers

CALBIOsummit 2003

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2003

The CALBIOsummit 2003 takes place next week, March 10-11 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. For more information about the event visit http://www.calbiosummit.com.

Listed below are profiles from CALBIOsummit 2003 exhibitors. News releases and advisories are available at http://www.tradeshownews.com. Business Wire is the official news service for the CALBIOsummit.

Company:  Biostruct
Booth: 410
Media Contact:  Mark Flower
Investor Relations Contact:  Mark Flower
Phone:  [phone]
E-mail:  [e-mail]
Company URL:  www.biostruct.com

Product description: Biostruct's mission is to provide innovative,
cost effective, and comprehensive construction and facility services
to the biotech, pharmaceutical, and high technology industries.

Our expertise in construction, day-to-day facility maintenance,
and facility services allows our clients to focus on what they do
best: discover and develop drugs, devices, and cutting edge
technologies.

Company description: Biostruct, Inc. offers general construction
and project management services. With an in-depth knowledge of
biomedical, cGMP and high-technology facility requirements, equipment
needs, and operational costs, Biostruct brings new focus to
construction projects.

Biostruct Management Inc. provides facility management, daily
operations, maintenance, and project management services to a variety
of industry clients.

Company: Celgene Corporation
Ticker Symbol: CELG
Booth: 211
Media Contact: Anne Healy
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.celgene.com

Celgene Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the
discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies for
the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases. Celgene's lead
products are, THALOMID(R) (thalidomide), which was approved for the
treatment of an inflammatory condition of leprosy, and Focalin(TM),
approved for the treatment of attention deficit disorder / attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder in school-aged children. Celgene
granted Novartis Pharma AG the rights to Focalin in exchange for
substantial milestone payments and royalties on Focalin and the entire
Ritalin family of products.

Several new classes of small molecule drugs highlight Celgene's
extensive pharmaceutical pipeline: IMiDs(TM) (Immunomodulatory Drugs),
SelCIDs(TM) (Selective Cytokine Inhibitory Drugs), SERMs (Selective
Estrogen Receptor Modulators) and kinase and ligase inhibitors. These
classes are novel and proprietary oral agents that are being developed
for the treatment of cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases. Celgene
recently acquired Anthrogenesis, a leader in stem cell banking,
transplantation and the development of biomaterials for organ and
tissue repair.

Company: Clarus Energy Partners, L.P.
Booth: 116
Media Contact: Kimberley Wallace
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.clarusenergy.com
Press Kit URL: http://www.clarusenergy.com/mediakit.htm

Company Description: Clarus Energy, an affiliate of Hunt Power,
provides cost competitive, reliable electricity to life sciences, food
processing, manufacturing, hospitality services and other energy
intensive businesses. Clarus Energy installs, owns and operates highly
efficient combined heat and power ("CHP") generation systems for
quality customers and sell energy under long-term power purchase
agreements. Clarus Energy eliminates challenges businesses face when
considering on-site generation solutions, including the need to
evaluate technologies, incur capital costs, engage in day-to-day
maintenance of a CHP system, and purchase natural gas for the system.
Clarus Energy Partners, L.P. is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Company: Four Square
Booth: 118
Media Contact: Marc Figueroa
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.foursq.com

Product description: Four Square collaborated with BIOCOM to
produce videos celebrating achievements in the life sciences industry.
The productions pay tribute to San Diego's explosive growth and
feature top industry luminaries, BIOCOM organization leaders, and
patients healed by drugs and therapies introduced by San Diego-based
Life Science companies. Four Square also is providing services in
event design, staging, speaker support, lighting and live event
management for the 2003 CalbioSummit conference.

Company description: Now in its 29th year, Four Square is a
leading creative services and communications company in San Diego.
Four Square works with clients' business objectives to develop
targeted communication strategies and the multimedia deliverables of
those strategies, including broadcast spots, corporate videos, CD
ROM/DVD design, web site design and print. The company has produced
more than 2,400 projects for a distinguished clientele, including many
in the life sciences industry.

Company: Heller Ehrman
Booth: 201
Media Contacts: John Buchanan, Wendy Smith
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail]
Company URL: www.hewm.com

Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP opened its San Diego office in
1998 to serve San Diego's dynamic biotechnology industry. A national
law firm with global reach, we have been committed to the life
sciences industry for more than 40 years and have played a pivotal
role in the growth and development of leading life sciences companies.
Our attorneys combine broad legal knowledge and industry experience to
provide a comprehensive range of legal services to life sciences
companies. We have one of the largest life sciences teams in the
United States - over 100 attorneys and patent professionals -
including thirty who hold advanced degrees in microbiology, chemistry
and related disciplines.

Company: Isis Pharmaceuticals
Ticker Symbol: ISIS
Booth: 302
Media Contact: Kristina Peterson
Investor Relations Contact: Karen Lundstedt
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.isispharm.com

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is exploiting its RNA expertise to
discover and develop human therapeutic drugs. The company's
commercialized product, Vitravene(R) (formivirsen), treats CMV-induced
retinitis in AIDS patients. Isis has 13 antisense products in
development. Affinitak(TM) is in Phase III trials for non-small cell
lung cancer, alicaforsen is in Phase III trials for Crohn's disease,
and six are in Phase II clinical trials. Isis' broad patent estate
consists of nearly 1,200 issued patents worldwide. Isis' GeneTrove(TM)
division uses antisense to assist pharmaceutical partners in
validating gene targets. The Ibis Therapeutics(TM) division focuses on
discovering small molecule drugs that bind to RNA.

Company: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Booth: 418
Media Contact: Jerry Cooksey
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.kmob.com

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP specializes in the field of
intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights,
unfair competition, trade secrets, and related litigation and
transactional matters. The firm has 158 attorneys overall, including
San Diego's largest intellectual property law office. In international
surveys, the firm has been voted the number one IP firm in the West
for six consecutive years. Although we provide services for all
technical and non-technical industries, we have 38 lawyers and patent
scientists/engineers firm wide who specialize in biotechnology and 19
lawyers and patent scientists/engineers in our San Diego office who
specialize in biotechnology.

Company:   LCS Constructors, Inc.
Booth: 417
Media Contact:   Cindy Lorenzini
Phone:  [phone]
E-mail:   [e-mail]
Company URL:   www.lcslab.com

Product description: Whether you are replacing a fume hood,
exhaust system, or remodeling an existing laboratory or technical
facility....consider LCS Constructors, Inc. as a source for general
construction.

Company description: LCS Constructors' management team offers over
20 years of experience in construction of laboratories and technical
facilities. With over 5,000 laboratory projects in their portfolio
consider LCS as a single source for design - build of laboratory
systems (facility-casework-plumbing-electrical) in your next facility.
Orange and San Diego county office locations.

Company: Office Depot Business Services Division
Ticker Symbol: ODP
Booth: 318
Media Contact: Brad Levine
Investor Relations Contact: Eileen Dunn
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: bsdnet.officedepot.com

Product Description: Office Depot is the world's largest
distributor of office products; providing office supplies, furniture,
and technology products to businesses of every size. In addition, the
Business Division of Office Depot offers furniture design services,
custom stamps and promotional products to the corporate customer.

Company Description: Office Depot has revolutionized the way
office products are sold throughout the country. Today we operate our
business as one company with integrated data and systems to help us
understand our customers needs and to insure that we provide a
streamlined distribution system, award winning web sites, and
consistent fanatical customer service to our customers.

Company: Omnica Corporation
Booth: 105
Media Contact: Ron Sully, [e-mail]
Investor Relations: Don Archambault, [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]
Company URL: www.omnica.com

Omnica Corporation is a team of twenty-five full-time design and
engineering problem-solvers located in Irvine, California.

We assist start-ups and well-established companies develop
marketable and manufacturable products quickly, often beginning with
only a concept or idea. Omnica is a "hands on" operation, with all the
modern equipment and resources necessary to solve the most demanding
design and engineering problems ranging from simple consumables to
complex medical devices. We offer Industrial Design, Mechanical
Engineering, Electronic and Software Engineering, Advanced R and D
services, Prototyping, and Documentation and Design Control
Compliance. All of our services are performed in-house, at our
premises.

Company: Scientific Software, Inc.
Booth: 303
Media Contact: Heather Werness
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: www.scisw.com

Product Description: Web-based CyberLAB Knowledge Engineering
System(TM) (KES) provides an enterprise-wide solution for information
collaboration, data management, 21 CFR Part 11 regulatory compliance
and knowledge engineering. EZChrom Elite(TM) Chromatography Data
System (CDS), a complete laboratory solution, provides automation,
customization and control for the generation of analytical data.

Company Description: Specializing in leading-edge knowledge
engineering products and services for the life science, food,
environmental and chemical markets. Our products, EZChrom Elite CDS
and CyberLAB KES, are used in thousands of labs throughout the world
in applications ranging from discovering new drug compounds to the
quality assurance of manufactured materials.

Company: UCSD Extension
Booth: 102
Media Contact: Carrie Cochran
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Company URL: http://extension.ucsd.edu

Company description: UCSD Extension offers a broad array of
courses and certificate programs to meet the continuing education
needs of the local biotechnology industry. Programs support high-level
skill development for industry professionals and career transition for
those interested in entering the biotech field. In-depth courses cover
bioinformatics, drug discovery and development, regulatory affairs,
biotech manufacturing, quality assurance and quality control. Various
other special interest courses are offered in high-tech areas such as
Computer Networking Technologies, Digital Media & Web technologies,
and Engineering.

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