University of Wisconsin-Madison Awarded AAALAC Accreditation
Operating 100% Innovive Disposable Caging

(Madison, WI | July 01, 2007)

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health was recently awarded AAALAC accreditation for a remote facility being managed by their department of Laboratory Animal Resources. The facility is located a few miles from campus and doesn't have any cage wash capabilities on-site.

"It is extremely important to the University of Wisconsin that our animal facilities are AAALAC accredited", says Director Mike Gallardo. "Innovive's ventilated racks and recyclable cages are a great solution - the AAALAC approvals went as smoothly as I have ever seen - we couldn't be happier".

"Innovive is proud to be a preferred vendor of the University of Wisconsin" said Dee Conger, Innovive's CEO. "We have a lot of data that shows our system provides a gentle environment for the animals and enables a lighter workload for the animal care staff. Seeing our customers achieve AAALAC accreditation is further evidence that Innovive offers a mainstream, world-class solution".

The Innovive System eliminates the expensive and labor-intensive washing and sterilization process of rodent husbandry, thus streamlining vivarium operations and freeing up personnel and resources. It can reduce the fully-loaded cost of vivarium operations by more than 40 percent, while at the same time providing a better environment for the animals and lowering contamination risks.

"Prior to adopting Innovive we were driving cages to and from this facility for cage washing - it was a serious burden" says Gallardo, "Now we're able to maintain this remote facility as an independent stand-alone operation. It's saving us a great deal of time and money".

About Innovive, Inc.
Innovive, Inc. was founded in 2004 with the goal of radically transforming the economics and convenience of working with laboratory animals. Using advanced computer-aided design and manufacturing processes, Innovive creates novel animal caging systems to provide customers with superior quality, performance, and cost savings. Innovive's products are independently tested and validated to assure trouble-free operation, and the company's global manufacturing and distribution network provides advantageous pricing and rapid order fulfillment.