UPDATE on Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at Merrill Lynch Global Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology & Medical Device Conference.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) wishes to issue the following update to its release BW5349 (CA-AFFYMETRIX) "Affymetrix to Webcast Presentation at Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. Global Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology & Medical Device Conference" issued Thursday, February 1, 2007: Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) today announced its presentation time at the Merrill Lynch Global Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology & Medical Device Conference in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. has been changed to 2:20 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 8th. Doug Farrell, Vice President of Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , will provide a corporate overview. A webcast of the presentation will be available live and by replay. To access both the live and archived webcast, please go to www.affymetrix.com and click on the "Investors" link. The archived replay will be available 24 hours after the live presentation and will be accessible for 14 days. About Affymetrix: Affymetrix scientists invented the world's first high-density microarray in 1989 and began selling the first commercial microarray in 1994. Since then, Affymetrix GeneChip(R) technology has become the industry standard in molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller research. Affymetrix technology is used by the world's top pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies Top 100 Biotechnology Companies The following is a list of the top 100 biotechnology companies ranked by revenue. The first nine companies qualify for the list of the top 50 pharmaceutical companies. as well as leading academic, government and nonprofit research institutes. More than 1,400 systems have been installed around the world and more than 7,000 peer-reviewed papers have been published using the technology. Affymetrix' patented photolithographic pho·to·li·thog·ra·phy n. A planographic printing process using plates made according to a photographic image. pho manufacturing process provides the most information capacity available today on an array, enabling researchers to use a whole-genome approach to analyzing the relationship between genetics and health. Affymetrix is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with manufacturing facilities in Sacramento, Calif., Bedford, Mass., and Singapore. The company maintains important sales and marketing operations in Europe and Asia and has about 1,100 employees worldwide. For more information about Affymetrix, please visit the company's website at www.affymetrix.com. NOTE: Affymetrix, the Affymetrix logo, and GeneChip are registered trademarks owned or used by Affymetrix, Inc. |
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