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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of ChemTrak Incorporated
from the year ended December 31, 1996 and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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