IDEXX Laboratories Launches Cornerstone® Online Support Center [Trade]
A new Web-based center for self-service technical support and more!

Westbrook, Maine, January 9, 2007—IDEXX Computer Systems, a division of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDXX), announces a new online support center—www.cornerstonehelp.com—for its IDEXX Cornerstone® software customers.

This new support service features intuitive self-help search tools, where customers with active support contracts can find answers to frequently asked questions regarding their Cornerstone system. Through Cornerstone’s extensive knowledge base of information, customers can get help troubleshooting issues 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The online support center also has links to other IDEXX online services, including education courses and educational reference material, supplies ordering, Cornerstone newsletters, and more. Customers can also offer suggestions on enhancements they would like to see incorporated into future releases of the Cornerstone software.

“Outstanding customer service is our goal,” stated John Wallace, Vice President and General Manager of IDEXX Computer Systems. “As more and more practices incorporate Internet usage into their daily business, they have told us they would like Cornerstone support available online to use at their convenience. Knowing the critical and urgent pace of today’s veterinary practice, our new online support center makes the communication and support process easier and more accessible.”

For more information about the Cornerstone Support Center, contact Jan Vasile at 1-800-283-8386, ext. 55970, or visit us on the web at www.cornerstonehelp.com.

About IDEXX Laboratories
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is a leader in companion animal health, serving practicing veterinarians around the world with innovative, technology-based offerings, including a broad range of diagnostic products and services, practice-management systems, and therapeutics. Our products enhance the ability of veterinarians to provide advanced medical care and to build more economically successful practices. IDEXX is also a worldwide leader in providing diagnostic tests and information for the production animal industry and tests for the quality and safety of water and milk. Headquartered in Westbrook, Maine, IDEXX Laboratories employs more than 3,500 people and offers products to customers in over 100 countries.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements about the Company’s business prospects that are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's expectations of future events as of the date of this press release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events or developments. Actual results could differ materially from management’s expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include the following: the Company’s ability to develop, manufacture, introduce and market new products and enhancements to existing products; the effectiveness of the Company’s sales and marketing activities; the Company’s ability to develop, license or obtain rights to new technologies; the Company’s ability to identify acquisition opportunities, complete acquisitions and integrate acquired businesses; the impact of competition and technological change on the markets for the Company’s products; the effect of government regulation on the Company’s business, including government decisions about whether and when to approve the Company’s products and decisions regarding labeling, manufacturing and marketing products; the impact of distributor purchasing decisions on sales of our products that are sold through distribution; changes or trends in veterinary medicine that affect the rate of use of the Company’s products and services by veterinarians; the Company’s ability to obtain patent and other intellectual property protection for its products, successfully enforce its intellectual property rights and defend itself against third party claims against the Company; disruptions, shortages or pricing changes that affect the Company’s purchases of products and materials from third parties, including from sole source suppliers; the effects of government regulatory decisions, customer demand, pricing and other factors on the realizability of the Company’s inventories; the Company’s ability to manufacture complex biologic products; the effects of operations outside the U.S., including from currency fluctuations, different regulatory, political and economic conditions, and different market conditions; and the loss of key employees. A further description of these and other factors can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (1.5 MB), and on the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 (520 KB), in the section captioned "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."