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5AM Solutions Finalist for Governor's Celebration of Innovation Award

One of four in the start-up category due to Illumine software fostering international collaboration.

PHOENIX, November 16, 2005—The Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards event was held last night where 5AM was chosen as finalist by the event’s selection committee of local Arizona business and academic leaders. “These awards finalists are a testament to what puts Arizona’s technology community in the forefront of innovative thinking,” said Kevin McHolland, chairman of the Governor’s Celebration of Innovation event, and a partner with the Phoenix office of Ernst & Young. “Last year’s event was wildly successful and set a benchmark. We expect this year to build on that success.” In its third year, the awards program is acknowledged as the premier recognition of statewide technology leadership in innovation.

The award criteria featured a company or licensed team that achieved significant business success through innovation in the past calendar year 2004 and meets the following requirements: Must be actively selling or developing a commercially available product or service for less than 24 months; Must be deriving revenue and/or funding; Must demonstrate innovation and potential viability; Company must be based in Arizona; Innovation must be developed in Arizona; Must have a management structure of one or more persons; Profitability is not a requirement.

As a result of being selected, the following video was produced by Avent and shown to all 1,100 attendees.

About 5AM Solutions
5AM provides software products and technology services for the biomedical research industry. Hospitals, Research Institutes, and Pharmaceutical companies who view data organization, work-flow optimization, analysis and data mining, and geographically-independent collaboration as critical to their success are our target customers. Web-based, interoperable solutions that access Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), support HIPAA guidelines and enforce 21 CFR 11-compliance, and grant insight into the complex data produced by the “omic” revolution represent the core of our expertise. We share a common passion to advance medicine and science through our contribution of state-of-the-art software development. www.5amsolutions.com

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Contact: Brent Gendleman Chief Executive Officer 602-722-1530 mobile 1-888-577-8855 fax bgendleman@5amsolutions.com