TECHNE CORPORATION RELEASES UNAUDITED SECOND QUARTER RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007

Minneapolis/January 30, 2007/--Techne Corporation’s (NASDAQ: TECH) consolidated net earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 increased 13.0% to $18.7 million or $0.47 per diluted share compared to $16.5 million and $0.42 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2005. For the six months ended December 31, 2006, Techne’s consolidated net earnings increased 14.3% to $38.3 million or $0.97 per diluted share compared with $33.5 million or $0.84 per diluted share for the six months ended December 31, 2005. The improvement in results was mainly due to increased consolidated net sales and improved gross margin percentages.

Consolidated net sales for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006 were $52.5 million and $104.9 million, respectively. This was an increase of 9.3% and 9.5% from the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2005.

Biotechnology net sales, which includes sales by R&D Systems’ Biotechnology Division, Fortron and BiosPacific, for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006 were $33.4 million and $69.3 million, increases of 7.3% and 9.3%, respectively, from the same prior-year periods. Net sales for the Biotechnology Division increased 11.1% and 10.9% for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006, respectively, mainly as a result of increased volume from the same prior-year periods. Approximately $500,000 and $1.2 million of the increase in Biotechnology Division net sales for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006, respectively, was the result of price increases. BiosPacific net sales increased for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 from the first quarter of the prior year, but decreased from the prior year for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 due to the timing of large shipments to diagnostic customers.

• R&D Europe’s net sales for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006 were $15.3 million and $28.2 million, increases of 16.4% and 12.8%, respectively, from the same prior-year periods. In British pound sterling, R&D Europe’s net sales increased 4.3% and 3.5% for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006. Hematology net sales for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006 were $3.8 million and $7.3 million, increases of 1.2% and 0.2%, respectively, compared to the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2005.

Consolidated gross margins were 79.6% and 79.1% for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006, respectively, compared to 77.7% and 77.2% for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2005. Biotechnology gross margins increased to 80.8% and 80.2% for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006 from 78.4% and 77.9% for the same prior-year periods mainly as a result of changes in product mix. Biotechnology gross margins were also affected by the sale of inventory acquired from Fortron and BiosPacific in fiscal 2006, which was valued at fair market under purchase accounting. Included in cost of sales for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006 were $64,000 and $355,000, respectively, related to the sale of acquired inventory compared to $281,000 and $856,000, respectively, for the same prior year periods.

Consolidated net earnings and diluted earnings per share for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006 were favorably impacted by the change in exchange rates from the prior year used to convert R&D Europe results from British pound sterling to U.S. dollars. The change in exchange rates from the prior year increased consolidated net earnings approximately $466,000 and $672,000 for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006, respectively.

In October 2006, the Company repaid its mortgage debt. The total payment of $13.8 million included the mortgage principal balance, accrued interest and a 5% prepayment penalty of $651,000. The prepayment penalty and $78,000 of unamortized loan origination fees were included in interest expense for the quarter ended December 31, 2006.

Forward Looking Statements:

This earnings release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Litigation Reform Act. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may affect the actual results of operations. The following important factors, among others, have affected and, in the future, could affect the Company’s actual results: the introduction and acceptance of new biotechnology and hematology products, the levels and particular directions of research by the Company’s customers, the impact of the growing number of producers of biotechnology research products and related price competition, the retention of hematology OEM and proficiency survey business, the impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations, and the costs and results of research and product development efforts of the Company and of companies in which the Company has invested or with which it has formed strategic relationships. For additional information concerning such factors, see the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements we make in this release due to new information or future events. Investors are cautioned not to place undue emphasis on these statements.

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Techne Corporation has two operating subsidiaries: Research and Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (R&D Systems) of Minneapolis, Minnesota and R&D Systems Europe, Ltd. (R&D Europe) of Abingdon, England. R&D Systems is a specialty manufacturer of biological products. R&D Systems has two subsidiaries, Fortron Bio Science, Inc. (Fortron), located in Minneapolis, and BiosPacific, Inc. (BiosPacific), located in Emeryville, California. Fortron develops and manufactures antibodies and BiosPacific is a worldwide supplier of biologics to manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic systems and immunodiagnostic kits. R&D Europe is a distributor of biotechnology products.

Contact: Greg Melsen, Chief Financial Officer
Kathy Backes, Controller
(612) 379-8854