Amersham Bioscience Lists Over 5,400 Scientific Research Products on LabVelocity.com

Amersham Biosciences' products will now be included in the LabVelocity.com database. Scientists can search for products through keyword or by using LabVelocity's proprietary advanced parametric searching tools.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and Piscataway, NJ – June 5, 2002 -- LabVelocity, Inc. http://www.labvelocity.com">(www.labvelocity.com) and Amersham Biosciences http://www.amershambiosciences.com">(www.amershambiosciences.com) today announced an agreement to list over 5,400 Amersham Biosciences products on LabVelocity.com, the premier information resource for the life science marketplace. As a proven separations and drug discovery leader, the addition of Amersham Biosciences extensive product line will further enhance the information and services already available to scientists at LabVelocity.com.

Amersham Biosciences will make its product information available to customers through LabVelocitys advanced parametric searching technology. This technology enables scientists to find critical, but complex research products quickly and easily using logical parameters, such as a products attributes, or experimental function and use.

Each month, over 90,000 scientists find information about life science products using LabVelocity managed Web sites with parametric searching technology. Not only has LabVelocity made the search process for products and technical information easier for life scientists worldwide, but LabVelocity has also made it easier for scientists to connect directly with suppliers--by linking them to suppliers Web sites and by forwarding their detailed requests for product information to suppliers.

Amersham Biosciences Director of E-Service, Chuck Drucker, said We recognize the utility LabVelocity provides, and that it is an information resource used by many scientists to find product information. It is extremely important to us to make our product information easily accessible to our customers, and LabVelocity helps us to do just that."

Helping scientists find suppliers products is precisely the intent of LabVelocitys search tools, says their CEO Russell Bromley. LabVelocity.com provides an ideal forum for scientists to find the product information they need, and for suppliers to present their information to them. Our goal is to make communication between life scientists and suppliers as easy as possible. The entire design of our site and services was created to facilitate this communication."

About LabVelocity, Inc.

LabVelocity is a leading provider of information management software and technology services for the life science industry. The companys Catalyst Technology Platform includes the MarketCatalyst suite of products for suppliers of laboratory research products and the ResearchCatalyst suite of products for research institutions, pharmaceutical and biotech companies. MarketCatalyst helps suppliers enhance communication with their customers through a powerful suite of data and content management tools, marketing services, Web site design and hosting services. The ResearchCatalyst suite is a comprehensive scientific information service that can integrate with an existing financial or information management system, to increase the productivity of researchers and procurement professionals. The company's public Web site, http://www.labvelocity.com"> www.labvelocity.com,showcases the powerful technology supporting LabVelocitys products and services. The privately held company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Amersham Biosciences

Amersham Biosciences, the life sciences business of Amersham plc (LSE, NYSE, OSE: AHM), is a world leader in developing and providing integrated systems and solutions for disease research, drug development and manufacture. Its systems are used to uncover the function of genes and proteins, for the discovery and development of drugs and for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. The customers for Amersham Biosciences' products and technologies are pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and research and academic institutions, principally in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. For more information about Amersham Biosciences, please visit their website at http://www.amershambiosciences.com">www.amershambiosciences.com

Contacts:

Alison Martin
LabVelocity, Inc.
(415) 901-8009

Marcy Saack
Amersham Biosciences
(732) 457-8056