Co-Market Agreement

Cerno Bioscience and Agilent Technologies, Inc announced that they will jointly market Cerno’s MassWorksTM calibration software to Agilent gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MSD) ChemStation users. This novel calibration increases the mass accuracy of Agilent’s single quadrupole GC/MSD sufficiently to identify unknown compounds. This normally requires use of much more expensive, larger instruments such as Time-of-Flight, or Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance mass spectrometers.

MassWorks for GC/MSD uses Cerno’s patented technology to calibrate raw MS data from Agilent’s GC/MSD using, peak shape, followed by CLIPSTM formula ID based on spectral accuracy. This technique dramatically improves mass accuracy and enables single quad instruments to identify unknown compounds. In addition to enabling compound identification without a library, the formula ID function also adds confidence to library searches. The combined capabilities of the Agilent GC/MSD ChemStation and Cerno’s MassWorks means there is now an economic alternative to highresolution GC/MS systems for formula ID.

”The combination of Agilent’s GC/MS with Cerno’s MassWorksTM holds real value for end users," said Chris Toney, Agilent Vice President and General Manager, Mass Spec Systems. “Customers can use their workhorse single quad instruments to identify unknowns rather than rely on more specialised instruments with associated costs and delays.”

"We’re delighted to enter into this relationship with Agilent, a recognised market leader in GC/MS. With Agilent’s large installed base and worldwide reach, we will be able to make MassWorksTM available to many
more users. Our customer base continues to grow and this partnership will only accelerate that process” said Dr Yongdong Wang, Founder and President of Cerno Bioscience. “By configuring and pricing MassWorksTM specifically for the GC/MS market, called MassWorksTM for GC/MS, we can make this solution more attractive for all GC/MS laboratories.”

MassWorksTM is compatible with Agilent 5975 and 5973 GC/MS instruments running Agilent MSD ChemStation software.