Teknova Launches Proprietary Build-Tek Solutions Custom Configurator and Latest AAV-Tek Product to Further Accelerate Novel Therapy Development

First-of-its-kind custom configurator – available today – gives scientists access to high quality, customizable buffers in small volumes for use in early-stage experiments, all with exceptionally short turnaround times

Novel, multi-purpose AAV stabilizer solution increases capsid yield up to 50% while safeguarding product integrity across the AAV purification workflow

HOLLISTER, Calif., May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alpha Teknova, Inc. (“Teknova”) (Nasdaq: TKNO), a leading producer of critical reagents for the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, vaccines, and molecular diagnostics, today launched the Company’s first custom product configurator, Build-Tek^TM Solutions, specifically created to address the need for fast turnaround, high-quality buffers for use during early-stage therapy development. Teknova also announced the availability of the latest product in their proprietary AAV-Tek^TM Solutions product line – the AAV-Tek AAV Stabilizer – that substantially improves recovery and protects capsid integrity across the purification workflow.

“I’m incredibly proud of our talented team and their unwavering focus on making solutions possible for our customers by addressing critical pain points during therapeutic development,” said Stephen Gunstream, President and Chief Executive Officer. “With the launch of Build-Tek Solutions, we’re now able to support research scientists with small volumes of multiple discrete buffer formulations that are made from high-quality raw materials and QC tested. Our custom configurator is easy to use, and by leveraging our modular manufacturing platform, products ship in a matter of days. Now scientists can focus on advancing science by getting reproducible, trusted results during their early-stage experiments instead of spending their time mixing buffers.”

Build-Tek Solutions is a fast turnaround, custom manufacturing platform that enables the customization of multiple, iterative buffers needed during early-stage research and design of experiments (DOE). By using an online custom configurator, scientists can order discrete buffer formulations combining a base buffer with optional salts and other additives in one-liter bottles, with no minimum order quantities. All buffers are made in an ISO 13485 certified facility using high-quality ingredients, and all raw materials and finished products are rigorously tested using USP-based quality control assays to ensure consistent quality and performance. Build-Tek makes buffers more efficiently and to higher quality standards than buffers made in the lab, enabling research scientists to eliminate a critical variable in their experiments and reduce the risk of inaccurate results and experimental failures.