Singapore, Mar 26, 2009: Canadian bio supplier company, Veriteq has appointed Japan's Nagano Science as its exclusive Japanese distributor for the pharmaceutical market. As Japan's market leader in pharmaceutical stability testing, Nagano is said to provide customers with a combination of total support and leading-edge technology. With an excellent reputation for its knowledge of stability testing, Nagano is said to be the main supplier of chambers for nine of Japan's top ten pharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations (CROs).

Mr Ken Hurley, President, Veriteq said, "With their background of providing best-in-class equipment and customer support — including leading-edge technology and in-house stability testing workshops — Nagano Science is an ideal partner for Veriteq. We are very pleased to have signed Nagano Science and look forward to seeing Veriteq's monitoring and validation systems serving more pharmaceutical operations in Japan."

Mr Kevin Bull, CEO, Veriteq said, "In the pharmaceutical industry, extensive knowledge of the complexities of regulated environments is tantamount to being a respected supplier to that industry. Having a reliable partner that shares our history of knowledge transfer and customer support makes the company a perfect fit for Veriteq."