Syagen Technology, Inc.

Syagen Technology Inc. is an analytical instrumentation company that has developed a leading mass spectrometry technology for conducting high-speed molecular analysis. Incorporated in 1996, the company's patented instrumentation was developed under government contracts for aviation security and chemical threat detection. Syagen has adapted this technology to meet critical high-throughput analysis requirements in biopharmaceuticals, drug discovery and biotechnology.

Built on speed, accuracy and throughput, Syagen's innovative technologies – such as photoionization, a new class of ionizer, and QitTof™, a quadrupole ion trap, time-of-flight mass analyzer – offer real-time ultrasensitive chemical analysis of complex mixtures in commercial applications:

Drug Discovery – Developing a successful drug from inception typically takes more than a decade and costs about $500 million. But Syagen's walk-up workstation, built on its patented high throughput screening technology, allows users to load thousands of drug candidate samples for molecular analysis. The benefits are greater success rates, shorter development times, and lower costs for bringing new drugs to market.

Aviation Security – Syagen has developed the most advanced detection technology available for high-throughput screening of passengers and personnel for explosives and chemical weapons at airports and other high security venues.

Chemical Threat – Fast screening capabilities are needed to detect chemical threat compounds due to hostile releases and for monitoring production and storage facilities for treaty compliance. Syagen's fast and universal detector can rapidly screen large numbers of samples, providing an effective defense for terrorist acts and a thorough means for inspecting facilities.