Novel Malaria Diagnostics for Improved Patient Support

MUENSTER, Germany, April 23, 2010 - -On World Malaria Day Biotechnology Enterprise Partec Donates
Diagnostic Solutions

On the occasion of World Malaria Day on April 25th, German
biotechnology company Partec donates 55 fluorescence microscopes and 11.000
patient tests for malaria diagnosis to different countries in Sub-Saharan
Africa, including Kenya, Nigeria and Malawi.

Malaria, a disease spread to humans by tropical mosquitoe
species and causing symptoms including fever, is endemic in 107 countries
with 3 billion people. Over 300 million people are infected by malaria with
far more than 1 million death cases annually - including one child every 30
seconds. New reliable diagnostic tools for point-of-care testing therefore
play the key role for improving targeted patient support.

The diagnostic solution donated by Partec provides a uniquely
easy-to-use, affordable and ultrarapid method for highly sensitive malaria
testing by combining a unique class of mobile and battery-operated
fluorescence microscopes with ready-to-use test slides, which already carry
ready-prepared dried-in reagents on the slide surface, eliminating any need
for cold chain and cold storage, as usually required for conventional malaria
tests.

"The World Malaria Day is a day of unified commemoration of
the global effort to provide effective control of malaria," says Partec's
Chief Executive Officer Roland Göhde. "In this context, the new diagnostic
technology for the first time opens the opportunity to bring most reliable
Malaria testing to almost every patient, especially in remote areas and those
regions suffering from a low level of laboratory infrastructure, limited or
missing electricity supply and a shortcut of skilled laboratory personnel."

The CyScope fluorescence microscopy technology of Partec has
been developed and is being produced entirely in Germany, renowned for the
long tradition in manufacturing highest quality precision optics and
microscopes.

Since 2002, Partec is active in 100 countries worldwide,
providing and implementing complete packages of diagnostic solutions for TB,
Malaria and HIV/AIDS, specifically designed to meet the requirements of
developing, emerging and resource-constrained countries with limited
infrastructure.

    Contact:
    Christiane Kraus
    Chief Operating Officer
    Partec GmbH
    Am Flugplatz 13, 02828 Gorlitz
    Phone: +49-3581-8746-0
    Telefax: +49-3581-8746-70
    c.kraus@partec.com
    www.partec.com

Contact: Christiane Kraus, Chief Operating Officer, Partec GmbH, Am Flugplatz 13, 02828 Gorlitz, Phone: +49-3581-8746-0, Telefax: +49-3581-8746-70, c.kraus at partec.com