EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

SurModics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRDX), a leading provider of surface modification and drug delivery technologies to the healthcare industry, announced today the acquisition of the CodeLink(TM) Activated Slide microarray business from GE Healthcare. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

"Our acquisition of the CodeLink Activated slide business further demonstrates our commitment to building an even stronger In Vitro Technologies business by leveraging SurModics' core competencies," said Bruce Barclay, president and CEO of SurModics. "Selling these products directly will allow us to get closer to our customers and offer a broader range of products, which is consistent with our strategic growth initiative of diversification. On the heels of our successful acquisition of BioFX Laboratories in August 2007, we continue to enhance the breadth of our In Vitro Technologies product portfolio."

CodeLink Activated Slides use SurModics' PhotoLink(R) technology to create a three-dimensional matrix that allows the attachment of biomolecules (including DNA, RNA and proteins) to form microarrays. SurModics is a pioneer in providing superior surface chemistry to the microarray field, introducing its first genomics product to the market in 1999. SurModics continues to manufacture the products, which since 2000 have been marketed by Motorola, then Amersham, and most recently by GE Healthcare under the CodeLink brand.

About SurModics, Inc.

SurModics, Inc. is a leading provider of surface modification and drug delivery technologies to the healthcare industry. SurModics partners with the world's foremost medical device, pharmaceutical and life science companies to develop and commercialize innovative products that result in improved patient outcomes. Core offerings include: drug delivery technologies (coatings, microparticles, and implants); surface modification coating technologies that impart lubricity, prohealing, and biocompatibility capabilities; and components for in vitro diagnostic test kits and specialized surfaces for cell culture and microarrays. Current efforts include a sustained drug delivery system in human trials for treatment of retinal disease and the drug delivery polymer matrix on the first-to-market drug-eluting coronary stent. SurModics is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota and its Brookwood Pharmaceuticals subsidiary is located in Birmingham, Alabama. For more information about the company, visit www.surmodics.com. The content of SurModics' website is not part of this release or part of any filings the company makes with the SEC.

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Source: SurModics, Inc.