Pangea Systems, Inc., and Dow AgroSciences LLC today announced that Dow AgroSciences LLC, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, has licensed Pangea's bioinformatics software for use by multiple sites across the United States in the life science company's research and development efforts.

The license agreement covers Pangea's GeneWorld®, GeneMill®, GeneThesaurus(TM), and the
Pathway Tools.

GeneWorld, GeneMill, GeneThesaurus, and the Pathway computational tools are part of a
comprehensive software solution offered by Pangea. GeneWorld is an automated, high-throughout
analysis software that lets researchers access, annotate and analyze high volumes of public and
proprietary data. GeneMill is project management software for DNA sequencing operations.

GeneThesaurus is a data subscription that integrates disparate data from multiple public databases of gene and protein sequences, and protein structure information. Pathway Tools allow scientists to elucidate and view sets of biochemical pathways, and the compounds that participate in those pathways.

"Analyzing and managing nucleic acid data along with metabolic pathway information is an
enormous chore,'' said Sam Reddy, global leader for Genomics at Dow AgroSciences. "It is
further complicated by our need to establish virtual links with multiple research sites across the
country and to work off public and proprietary databases.

"Pangea's software allows us to analyze and annotate data more rapidly to determine how the new sequences will work in 'real-world' applications. In addition, the software's Web-based interface will make it easier for our researchers to operate the respective software modules and share information internally and with our research partners.''

According to John Couch, chief executive officer of Pangea Systems, the Dow AgroSciences
purchase demonstrates the flexibility of the bioinformatics software's ability to handle any kind of life science data.

"The adoption of Pangea's software solutions by one of the leading companies in plant genomics
and agricultural biotechnology illustrates that our products serve the entire life science industry,'' said Couch. "Agricultural biotechnology is growing fast with an enormous future, and we are looking forward to more opportunities to partner with companies like Dow AgroSciences.''

Dow AgroSciences LLC, based in Indianapolis, is a global leader in providing pest management
and biotechnology products that improve the quality and quantity of the earth's food supply and
contribute to the safety, health and quality of life of the world's growing population.   The company employs more than 3,500 people in over 40 countries and has worldwide sales of more than $2 billion. Dow AgroSciences is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company.

Pangea Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of software for advanced bioinformatics -- the application of information technology to life science research and development. The company's mission is to provide pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with operationally proven software applications, unique scientific (computational) tools, an open computing environment and value-added professional services that integrate the collection, organization and analysis of biological and biochemical information. In doing so, Pangea's bioinformatics software simplifies and accelerates the discovery process in ways never before achieved. Incorporated in 1993, Pangea Systems, Inc. is a privately held, Oakland-based company.

Pangea Systems, GeneMill and GeneWorld are registered trademarks of Pangea Systems, Inc.
GeneThesaurus is a trademarks of Pangea Systems, Inc.
All other trademarks, brands and names are property of their respective owners.

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