Pfizer, Inc. Signs Contract with Triangle Analytical, Inc

Cary, NC December 31, 2002 — Triangle Analytical, Inc. announces the signing of a major contract providing magnet cryogen servicing for Pfizer Inc., located in Connecticut, USA. Pfizer is the largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in the world.

"This contract demonstrates the confidence spectroscopists have in our company and the technical expertise we posses to fulfill long term contractual obligations on research critical, multi-million dollar research labs," Jerry Hatvany, President and founder said at the contracts inception.

Pfizer Inc is the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical company, providing a broad range of human and animal pharmaceuticals, as well as consumer products. In 2003, the company will commit $7.1 billion to R&D, involving its scientists in more than 33 major research projects across 10 major therapeutic categories. With 120,000 employees worldwide, Pfizer is also deeply engaged in the global community, donating hundreds of millions of dollars of medicines to treat AIDS patients in Africa, to eliminate blinding trachoma in the developing world and to expand drug access in the United States.

Triangle Analytical, Inc is an aftermarket NMR service and support company. Triangle Analytical was founded in 2002 on the principal of offering quality, reliable, honest service and support to the rapidly expanding nuclear magnetic resonance community. Headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, Triangle Analytical, Inc. is conveniently located within a seven mile radius of the Research Triangle Park and Raleigh-Durham International airport, housing a new state of the art facility with the capabilities to refurbish, test, and install any spectrometer or magnet up to 600 MHz. Triangle Analytical has a combined 80 years of NMR service experience with engineers located in North Carolina, Massachusetts, Delaware, New Jersey and Missouri.

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