Senomyx, Inc. Adds Food Industry Executive to Its Management Team; Sharon Wicker Appointed as Senior Vice President, Commercial Development and Chief Strategy Officer

"Senomyx's early focus had been on advancing our flavor discoveryand development programs while expanding our collaborations to includesix of the world's leading packaged food and beverage companies," saidKent Snyder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. "Weare now at the point when our activities are increasingly focused onthe commercialization of our flavor ingredients. Sharon Wicker'sexperience as a food industry innovator, with proven product launchexperience and a track record of executing successful commercialstrategies, makes her the ideal individual to head these expandedefforts."

Wicker has an extensive background in new product development aswell as beverage and food product brand marketing. She has served asVice President, Meals Division and Vice President, New BusinessStrategy at Heinz North America. During her tenure at ConAgra GroceryProducts she held Vice President positions in the Meals Business Unit,the Snacks Business Unit, and the Hunt's Food Business Unit. Her priorexperience includes managerial positions at General Mills in the BettyCrocker and Foodservice Division, as well as functioning as BrandManager for the Cheerios Brand. She received an MBA from MichiganState University and a Bachelor of Science in Food Science andNutrition from Colorado State University.

"Sharon will be working with our collaborators, third partyconsultants, our business development team, and discovery anddevelopment group to facilitate the incorporation of our new flavoringredients into our partners' food and beverage products. She willalso be exploring new strategic opportunities for the Company," Snydernoted.

"Senomyx has created a new paradigm in food flavoring with itsproprietary approach to the discovery of novel flavors, flavorenhancers, and taste modulators," Wicker commented. "It will beexciting to help drive the commercialization of new flavor ingredientswith the goal of enabling the Company's collaborators to createcompetitive advantages for their products."

About Senomyx, Inc. (www.senomyx.com)

Senomyx is a leading company focused on using proprietary tastereceptor-based assays, screening technologies and optimizationchemistry to discover and develop novel flavors, flavor enhancers andtaste modulators for the packaged food and beverage industry.Senomyx's current programs focus on the development of flavors, flavorenhancers and taste modulators in the savory, sweet, salt and bittertaste areas. Senomyx has entered into product discovery anddevelopment collaborations with six of the world's leading packagedfood and beverage companies: Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Cadbury Schweppes,Campbell Soup Company, The Coca-Cola Company, Kraft Foods Global, Inc.and Nestle SA.