Senomyx announces discovery and development collaboration with Kraft Foods Inc.

13/12/05 Senomyx, Inc. has announced that it has entered into new three-year discovery and development collaboration with Kraft Foods Inc., a global leader in branded foods and beverages. During the collaborative period, the company will work with Kraft Foods on the discovery and development of novel flavor modifiers on a co-exclusive basis in the chilled and processed meat product category within North America.

Under the terms of the new collaboration, Kraft Foods has agreed to pay Senomyx discovery and development funding and specified payments upon the achievement of milestones during the collaborative period. Upon commercialization, Senomyx will be entitled to royalty payments based on sales of Kraft products containing any flavor ingredients developed under the agreement.

Senomyx uses proprietary taste receptor-based assays, screening technologies and optimization chemistry to discover and develop novel flavors, flavor enhancers and taste modulators for the packaged food and beverage industry. Senomyx's current programs focus on the development of flavors, flavor enhancers and taste modulators in the savory, sweet, salt and bitter taste areas. Senomyx has entered into product discovery and development collaborations with five of the world's leading packaged food and beverage companies: Cadbury Schweppes, Campbell Soup Company, The Coca-Cola Company, Kraft Foods Global, Inc. and Nestle SA.

Kraft Foods Inc. is the largest branded food and beverage company headquartered in the United States and the second largest worldwide. Kraft Foods markets many of the world's leading food brands, including Kraft cheese, Jacobs and Maxwell House coffees, Nabisco cookies and crackers, Philadelphia cream cheese, Oscar Mayer meats, Post cereals and Milka chocolates, in more than 150 countries.

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