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TOCRIS BIOSCIENCE ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF NEW UK LABORATORY FACILITIES

October 31st, 2005 - Tocris Bioscience (Bristol, UK) announced the opening of new laboratories at the IO Centre, Bristol.

Developed to meet the needs of Tocris’ Production, R&D and Quality Control operations the new labs have a flexible open-plan layout based around a well-equipped central analytical laboratory. Currently 700 sq m (7,000 sq ft) in size, the labs have been designed with future growth in mind and feature advanced environmental controls and fully integrated IT systems.

“These new labs are a tremendous boost to Tocris’ production capabilities and exactly what we need to keep us at the cutting edge of scientific research” said Dr. David Peters, Tocris’ Head of Supply Chain.

Managing Director, Laurence Ede added, “Our £700,000 [$1.2 million] investment in these laboratories underlines Tocris’ absolute commitment to being the undisputed supplier of choice in the life science sector.”

Tocris is currently in the process of expanding its laboratory team, with plans to double the number of lab staff by 2008. The new facility was built to accommodate this growth and is in addition to Tocris’ other laboratory facilities located in Sussex, UK.

About Tocris Bioscience

Tocris Bioscience (www.tocris.com) is a leading supplier of high performance chemicals, peptides and antibodies, with customers in all of the worlds’ major pharmaceutical companies, universities and research institutes. The Company is committed to making new life science discoveries possible by providing the highest performing and most innovative range of research reagents.

Tocris Bioscience products are used by scientists carrying out non-clinical research in fields such as cancer, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and obesity. The Company's catalogue of over 2000 reagents represents a unique collection of novel, exclusive and licensed research tools and is sent to more than 50,000 scientists worldwide annually. A major source of key signal transduction reagents and arguably the world leader in the supply of neuroscience reagents, the Company won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise (International Business) in 2002.

Tocris Bioscience is the trading name for the companies in the Tocris Cookson Group. Tocris Cookson Ltd is privately held and headquartered in Bristol, UK. Its US subsidiary, Tocris Cookson Inc, is located in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. There are approximately 60 employees in the Group worldwide, operating out of three sites in the UK and one in the US.

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