Millipore’s Biopharmaceutical & Research business segment includes products and services provided to pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, food and beverage companies, university and government laboratories, and research institutes. |  | Millipore products are used to provide the ultrapure water needed for research; to purify, sterilize, concentrate and isolate various biologicals, chemicals and particulates; to clarify, purify and sterilize pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals; to sterilize and provide quality control for hospital pharmacy admixtures; to develop OEM home diagnostic kits, clinical lab devices and infection control devices. Millipore services are used to accelerate and simplify regulatory compliance and quality control. > Revenue growth 1998 to 1999: 9%. > Revenue growth 1998 to 1999, local currency: 8%. | 1 > ZipTipC4™ Pipette Tips for concentrating and purifying femtomoles to picomoles of protein prior to mass spectrometry, HPLC, capillary electrophoresis and other analytical techniques. 2 > Microcon® PCR Centrifugal Devices for PCR product purification in one-up and middle throughput operations prior to use in sequencing and cloning applications. 3 > MultiScreen® PCR 96-well UF Filter Plate for high throughput purification of PCR products prior to use in sequencing, genotyping, microarray preparation and cloning applications. 4 > Immobilon™-NY Uncharged Nylon Blotting Membrane for southern, northern and colony lift applications using radioactive detection chemistry. | 5 > Microfil® V Filtration device for more convenient detection of microorganisms in drinking water. 6 > Autospray Station for quantifiable reagent addition during the MicroStar™ Rapid Microbiology System method. 7 > Membrane Cards for small- to medium-volume diagnostic test strip manufacturing. 8 > Hi-Flow™ Plus Diagnostic Membrane for more reliable capillary flow in diagnostic test strips. 9 > Hi-Flow Assembly Kit for smaller volume manufacturers to develop and produce lateral flow diagnostic assays. | 10> Millistak+™ Clarification/Prefiltration Filters for coarse filtration applications in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. 11>Viresolve® NFR Filters for easy removal of retroviruses in biopharmaceutical processing. 12> Prosep® Chromatographic Media Series from Bioprocessing Corporation Ltd., for easy-to-use, large-scale protein purification. 13> AFS™- 3 Lab Water System for Type 1 water from tap for direct feed to clinical analyzers. 14> Direct-Q™ Water Purification System for labs that require 5-15 liters per day of Type 1 water directly from tap water. |