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2003 Winners

Mouse Specifics, Inc. (MSI)

The WPI Venture Forum is proud to announce that Mouse Specifics, Inc. (MSI) was chosen on April 8th, 2003 as the winner of the WPI Venture Forum's 10th Annual Business Plan Contest. MSI will receive $15,000 in cash and in-kind services.

Mouse Specifics, Inc. develops and markets novel non-invasive instruments to pharmaceutical companies and academic laboratories using mice and rats in drug research and development. The Company's products include high throughput, non-invasive systems biology devices designed to monitor rodent physiology. These products provide investigators with cutting edge technology to streamline and accelerate the preclinical phase of drug development. MSI creates value for its customers by providing higher quality, more accurate data, thereby eliminating bottlenecks and significantly reducing development costs and timelines. The Company is selling two products that measure cardiac and central nervous system function. Current customers include GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, and the University of Michigan. Mouse Specifics plans to leverage its technology to expand into other disease areas, including oncology and respiratory disorders. MSI is a Boston-based company launched in 1998 by Thomas Hampton, Ph.D.

MSI's founder and CEO, Thomas Hampton, Ph.D., is a leading authority in the characterization of mammalian physiology with over 12 years experience in physiological characterization of humans and animals at Duke and Harvard. He is an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Other management team members include: Peter Mueller, part of the business development team, with an MBA from Babson's Olin School of Management, a Masters in Healthcare Administration from UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Public Health; Chuck Brown, also in business development, with 10 years experience in life science/health care corporate finance and an MBA from UVA's Darden School of Business; and Ajit Kale, Director of Technology and Software Development, has over 10 years of software development in imaging and physiological monitoring.

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