Celera Genomics Enters Into Database Subscription for Publicly Funded Australian Research Institutions.

Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BW HealthWire)--June 29, 2000

Celera Genomics (NYSE:CRA), a PE Corporation business, has signed an agreement with the government of Australia acting through the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), that provides a multi-year subscription to five of Celera's current databases, which includes Celera's advanced bioinformatics tools and browsers. Through this agreement the NHMRC can provide subscriptions to its publicly funded research institutions. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

"We are pleased to partner with the world-renowned NHMRC and its premier research institutions within Australia," said J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., Celera's president and chief scientific officer. "By tapping into the web-based Celera Discovery System, researchers around the world can now have immediate access to Celera's growing genomic databases. This agreement is also important because it opens the doors to future research collaborations between Celera and these Australian research institutions."

"This means that Australian…