SENOMYX TO WEBCAST CORPORATE PRESENTATION AT THE 11TH ANNUAL NEEDHAM GROWTH STOCK ...( SAN DIEGO CA Dec. 17 2008 /- Senomyx ...)

SAN DIEGO, CA, Dec. 17, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Senomyx, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNMX), a leading company focused on using proprietary taste receptor technologies to discover and develop novel flavor ingredients for the food, beverage, and ingredient supply industries, announced today that Kent Snyder, the Company's President and CEO, and John Poyhonen, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial and Business Officer, will present a corporate overview on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (6:00 a.m. Pacific Time) during the 11th Annual Needham Growth Stock Conference. The conference is taking place at the New York Palace Hotel. During the presentation, Mr. Snyder and Mr. Poyhonen will discuss corporate developments including the Company's pipeline of novel flavor ingredients and its business strategy.

To access the live presentation or a subsequent archived recording, please log onto Senomyx's website at http://www.senomyx.com and click on the "Investor Relations" tab. The archived webcast will be available for 30 days following the presentation. Please connect to Senomyx's website prior to the start of the webcast to ensure adequate time to download any software that may be necessary.

About Senomyx, Inc.

Senomyx is a leading company using proprietary taste receptor technologies to discover and develop novel flavor ingredients in the savory, sweet, salt, bitter, and cooling areas. Senomyx has entered into product discovery and development collaborations with seven of the world's foremost food, beverage, and ingredient supply companies: Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Cadbury plc, Campbell Soup Company, The Coca-Cola Company, Firmenich SA, Nestle SA, and Solae. Nestle is currently marketing products that contain one of Senomyx's flavor ingredients. For m
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