Released on: June 20, 2008, 1:09 am

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Press Release Summary: Built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to deliver
unmatched ease of use and \"best of breed\" functionality


Press Release Body: Thermo Fisher Scientific Partners with NextDocs to Offer
Comprehensive Enterprise Document Management and Workflow Solutions for the
Laboratory Built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to deliver unmatched
ease of use and \"best of breed\" functionality

PHILADELPHIA, Penn., June 19 2008 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader
in serving science, has entered into a collaborative agreement with NextDocs
Corporation to bundle and sell the NextDocs enterprise document, quality and
compliance management solution suite. The offering is a natural extension of Thermo
Fisher Scientific\'s portfolio of LIMS (laboratory information management systems)
and CDS (chromatography data systems) products, allowing the company to offer a
comprehensive, fully integrated informatics and content management solution to the
industry. Thermo Fisher and NextDocs announce the collaboration from NextDocs\' booth
# 120 at the DIA Annual Meeting (Drug Information Association) in Boston on June
22-26 2008.

The NextDocs Document and Compliance Suite will be sold by Thermo Fisher Scientific
under the NextDocs brand name and offers users an intuitive \'plug and play\' solution
for managing data that addresses the growing need for an easy to use, web-based
solution that is designed to enable organizations to comply with FDA 21 CFR Part 11,
GMP, GLP, GCP and other regulations and industry standards. \"There has been a need
in the industry that has gone largely unanswered until now, for a secure, cost
effective, validated content management solution that incorporates structured data
from LIMS, CDS and other enterprise systems along with unstructured information that
support laboratory processes, all in a completely validated solution. In the past,
solutions have been incomplete, cumbersome and expensive.\" says Dave Champagne, vice
president and general manager, Informatics at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

NextDocs product suite is designed to be used in both regulated and unregulated
environments to provide organizations with a complete content management and
collaboration system for managing documents, records (e.g.
training records), SOP\'s (standard operating procedures), activities and other
information critical to the enterprise. Built on the leading Microsoft Office
SharePoint 2007 platform, NextDocs Document and Compliance Suite delivers content
management tools for regulatory compliance and operational excellence without
sacrificing usability and affordability. The Suite provides organizations with the
ability to track, approve, and manage data in a secure and centralized repository.
NextDocs products require zero desktop installation, allowing for rapid deployment
and ROI. A valuable component of the NextDocs Document and Compliance Suite is that
it is fully web-based with rich user interfaces that can be securely accessed from
any location, and seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Office® and other desktop
applications to improve productivity.

\"NextDocs has developed a powerful family of document and quality management
solutions that are specifically designed to meet the needs of biotech,
pharmaceutical and other FDA-regulated firms,\" said NextDocs CEO Zikria Syed. \"Our
partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific, with its firm stake in the life sciences
information management business, will ensure that NextDocs is the next great tool
for ensuring regulatory compliance while providing easy and secure document sharing
amongst the scientific community.\"

The company\'s agreement with NextDocs to deliver the Document and Compliance Suite
further cements the existing relationship between Thermo Fisher Scientific and
Microsoft to deliver next-generation and best of breed open solutions. \"We\'re
thrilled with the extent of our ongoing relationship with Thermo Fisher Scientific,\"
said Michael Naimoli, U.S. life sciences industry solutions director, Microsoft
Corp. \"Organizations store documents in a wide range of isolated systems on multiple
software platforms - making the retrieval and synthesis of information daunting
tasks. This new alliance between Thermo Fisher and NextDocs goes a long way toward
addressing the need for regulated content management, integrated workflow
administration and compliant collaboration in the enterprise setting. We believe
this joint solution will bring enormous value to the industry as a whole.\"

\"By offering an enterprise content management solution that is tightly integrated
with our LIMS and CDS portfolio for regulated laboratory environments, Thermo Fisher
is better positioned to offer our customers the most comprehensive informatics
solution in the industry,\" concludes Dave Champagne.

For more information about Thermo Scientific informatics solutions please call on +1
866-463-6522 or e-mail marketing.informatics@thermofisher.com or visit
www.thermo.com/informatics.

About NextDocs
NextDocs is the leading provider of fully FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliant Microsoft
SharePoint based document and quality management solutions for the life sciences
companies. Our mission is to deliver cost effective, easy to use document management
software which provides immediate productivity increases for companies operating in
regulatory environments. NextDocs customers include Pharmaceutical companies,
Bio-Techs, Medical Device companies and CROs. For more information please visit
www.nextdocs.com or email information@nextdocs.com.

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science,
enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With annual
revenues of $10 billion, we have more than 30,000 employees and serve over 350,000
customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical
diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as
well as environmental and industrial process control settings. Serving customers
through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, we help solve
analytical challenges from routine testing to complex research and discovery. Thermo
Scientific offers customers a complete range of high-end analytical instruments as
well as laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents to enable
integrated laboratory workflow solutions. Fisher Scientific provides a complete
portfolio of laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies and services used in
healthcare, scientific research, safety and education. Together, we offer the most
convenient purchasing options to customers and continuously advance our technologies
to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, enhance value for customers and fuel
growth for shareholders and employees alike. Visit www.thermofisher.com.

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Contact Details: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Informatics
Media Contact Information:
Name: Kath Darlington
Phone: +44 (0) 1477 539539
E-mail: thermofisher@scottpr.com
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Media Contact Information:
Name: Susan Najjar
Phone: +1 781 287 4869
E-mail:susan.najjar@thermofisher.com
Website: www.thermo.com/informatics