SENOMYX ANNOUNCES CORPORATE UPDATE AND THIRD QUARTER 2009 FINANCI...(licensee of 176 issued patents and 427 p...)

Program Updates:

• Savory Enhancer Program: The primary applications of the Company's savory flavor ingredients are to reduce or replace monosodium glutamate (MSG) and to enhance the savory taste of foods by combining Senomyx's savory flavors with other ingredients to create unique new flavors. Nestle is currently marketing several new bouillon and culinary aid food products that contain Senomyx's savory flavor ingredients in the Pacific Rim and Latin America. In addition, Nestle has been conducting product development and consumer testing with both new and reformulated established products in larger countries that are high-volume users of MSG. Senomyx anticipates that Nestle will initiate commercialization of established products containing the savory flavor ingredients in the current and new geographic areas on an ongoing basis.
  

• Sweet Enhancer Program: The primary goal for this program is to identify flavor ingredients that allow a significant reduction of sweeteners in food and beverage products while maintaining the desired sweet taste. In addition to the recent receipt of a GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) regulatory designation for the Company's S6973 sucrose enhancer, Senomyx is continuing evaluation of a number of complementary sucrose enhancers with other attributes that may be advantageous for a variety of products.
  

In November 2008, Senomyx was granted a GRAS designation for S2383, a novel enhancer of the high-intensity sweetener sucralose. S2383 enables up to a 75% reduction of sucralose in product prototypes without compromising the sweet intensity or producing off-tastes. In addition, use of S2383 may result in an improved taste compared to sucralose alone when incorporated into a flavor syste
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