BioSource Sells Its Custom Antibody and Peptide Business

    Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

    CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2005--BioSource International, Inc. (Nasdaq:BIOI) today announced that it has sold its Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based custom antibody and peptide business. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
    Terrance J. Bieker, President and CEO, stated, "We are very pleased to have found what we believe to be a great solution for our custom peptide and antibody business. We have divested this non-strategic portion of our business representing approximately three million dollars in revenues to Dennis DiSorbo, the former General Manager of the business. We expect the transaction to involve a nearly seamless transition for our former custom business employees and customers. BioSource will be able to continue to source high quality catalog and internal R&D antibodies and peptides from this new entity that will be known as Quality Controlled Biochemicals or 'QCB'. This divestiture further supports our heightened business focus on assays and their related biologicals for the study of disease."

    About BioSource International, Inc.

    BioSource International, Inc. is a broad-based life sciences company focused on providing integrated solutions in the areas of functional genomics, proteomics, and drug discovery through the development, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of unique, biologically active reagent systems which facilitate, enable, and accelerate pharmaceutical development and biomedical research. For more information, please visit the Company's Web site at www.biosource.com.

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CONTACT: BioSource International, Inc. Alan Edrick, 805-383-5249

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