Infotrieve, Inc., (www.infotrieve.com) today announced that Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is scheduled to present the Infotrieve/ELN electronic laboratory notebook as part of their presentation titled “Software Essentials for Systems Biology” on February 1, 2006, at the upcoming Laboratory Informatics conference in San Diego, California. The conference is produced by the International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC). Brian Harms, Ph.D., a Senior Scientist from Merrimack, will be presenting.

“Software Essentials for Systems Biology” will provide conference attendees with an introduction to software tools that enable systems biology which will include an overview of the applications and benefits of the Infotrieve/ELN Electronic Laboratory Notebook. Dr. Harms will show how Merrimack uses the Infotrieve/ELN, the MathWorks Simbiology environment and Teranode’s Protocol Modeler in concert to advance Merrimack’s research.

“The Infotrieve/ELN is an ideal electronic laboratory notebook solution for biotech companies like ours,” said Dr. Birgit Schoeberl, Merrimack’s Director of Network Biology. “The Infotrieve/ELN offers robust data storage, enables rapid and secure data searches, and supports biologists as well as chemists.”

Merrimack has been an Infotrieve customer since 2003. A case study on Merrimack’s use of the Infotrieve/ELN can be found online at http://www.infotrieve.com/casestudies.

For more information about Infotrieve or the Infotrieve/ELN, please contact Infotrieve’s Director of Marketing, Ian Palmer, by phone at +1 310-445-3038 or via e-mail at ipalmer@infotrieve.com.