Samsung Biologics selects Rapid Micro Biosystems’ Growth Direct platform to automate critical microbiology quality control testing

Companies share commitment to innovating quality control processes to meet biomanufacturing challenges such as scale, data integrity and accelerating time to market

LOWELL, Mass., Jan. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RPID) (the “Company”), an innovative life sciences technology company providing mission critical automation solutions to facilitate the efficient manufacturing and fast, safe release of healthcare products, today announced that Samsung Biologics (KRX: 207940.KS) has selected the Growth Direct platform to automate its microbial quality control processes to deliver increased efficiency, more robust data integrity and scalable quality control operations.

“Samsung Biologics is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) and has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to automation and quality management in biopharmaceutical manufacturing,” said Robert Spignesi, President and CEO of Rapid Micro Biosystems. “The Growth Direct improves operational efficiency and data integrity in the quality control microbiology lab, and we are proud to partner with Samsung Biologics.”

Global pharmaceutical manufacturers rely on the Growth Direct platform to meet both today’s microbiological quality control standards and tomorrow’s challenges. It is the only fully automated, non-destructive growth-based platform for microbiology quality control testing that offers faster time to results, improved data integrity, and enhanced accuracy, with greater sample capacity.

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About Rapid Micro Biosystems 

Rapid Micro Biosystems is an innovative life sciences technology company providing mission critical automation solutions to facilitate the efficient manufacturing and fast, safe release of healthcare products such as biologics, vaccines, cell and gene therapies, and sterile injectables. The Company’s flagship Growth Direct system automates and modernizes the antiquated, manual microbial quality control (“MQC”) testing workflows used in the largest and most complex pharmaceutical manufacturing operations across the globe. The Growth Direct system brings the quality control lab to the manufacturing floor, unlocking the power of MQC automation to deliver the faster results, greater accuracy, increased operational efficiency, better compliance with data integrity regulations, and quicker decision making that customers rely on to ensure safe and consistent supply of important healthcare products. The Company is headquartered and has U.S. manufacturing in Lowell, Massachusetts, with global locations in Lexington, Massachusetts, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. For more information, please visit www.rapidmicrobio.com or follow the Company on Twitter at @rapidmicrobio or on LinkedIn.