SENOMYX TO WEBCAST CORPORATE PRESENTATION AT THE BIOCOM INVESTOR CONFERENCE

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Senomyx, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNMX) , a leading company focused on using proprietary technologies to discover and develop novel flavor ingredients for the packaged food and beverage industry, announced today that the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial and Business Officer, John Poyhonen, will present a corporate overview on Friday, November 2, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time (8:30 a.m. Pacific Time) during the BIOCOM Investor Conference. The conference is taking place at the San Diego Marriott Del Mar in San Diego. During his presentation, Mr. Poyhonen will provide a summary of the Company's pipeline of novel flavors, flavor enhancers and taste modulators.

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. (http://www.senomyx.com)

Senomyx is a leading company using proprietary taste receptor-based assays, screening technologies and optimization techniques to discover and develop novel flavors, flavor enhancers and taste modulators for the packaged food and beverage industry. The Company is focusing on the development of these flavor ingredients in the savory, sweet, salt and bitter areas. Senomyx has entered into product discovery and development collaborations with seven of the world's leading packaged food and beverage companies: Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Cadbury Schweppes, Campbell Soup Company, The Coca-Cola Company, Kraft Foods Global, Inc., Nestle SA, and Solae, LLC. Nestle is currently marketing products that contain one of Senomyx's flavor ingredients. For more information, please visit http://www.senomyx.com.

     Contact:
     Gwen Rosenberg
     Senomyx, Inc.
     Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
     858-646-8369
     gwen.rosenberg@senomyx.com