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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial statements in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of ChemTrak
Incorporated for the quarter ended June 30, 1996 and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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