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Senomyx, Inc., is a company focused on using taste receptor-based assays and screening technologies to discover and develop flavors, flavor enhancers and taste modulators for the packaged food, beverage and ingredient industries. It licenses its flavor ingredients to its collaborators on an exclusive or co-exclusive basis. The Company has entered into product discovery and development collaborations with seven packaged food and beverage companies, which include Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Ajinomoto), Cadbury Schweppes (Cadbury), Campbell Soup Company (Campbell), The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola), Firmenich SA (Firmenich), Nestle SA (Nestle) and Solae LLC (Solae). Senomyx’s programs focus on the development of savory, sweet and salt flavor enhancers, high potency sweeteners, bitter blockers and cooling agents. The Company is pursuing the discovery and development of flavor ingredients through six programs focused on savory, sweet, salt, bitter and cooling taste areas.(Source: 10-K)