Resilience Demonstrates Lower Cost of Perfusion Bioreactor Process Using 908 Devices’ REBEL At-line Analyzer

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908 Devices Inc (NASDAQ: MASS) announced that National Resilience, Inc. has adopted its REBEL at-line media analyzers, enhancing the optimization of cell culture feed strategies. This partnership aims to improve biotherapeutic development by utilizing REBEL to analyze spent media samples, resulting in a reported 50% increase in titer while reducing costs by supplementing only depleted nutrients. Andy Grube from Resilience highlighted the tool's capability to accelerate media feed optimization and reduce time to submission. The REBEL analyzer is noted for its efficiency, real-time data tracking of key nutrients, and user-friendly design, facilitating better decisions during bioreactor runs.

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• Adoption of REBEL analyzers by National Resilience enhances process development.
• Reported 50% increase in titer, indicating improved productivity.
• Reduction in costs by optimizing nutrient supplementation.

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• None.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 908 Devices Inc., (Nasdaq: MASS), a pioneer of purpose-built handheld and desktop devices for chemical and biochemical analysis, announced that National Resilience, Inc. (Resilience), a technology-focused biomanufacturing company, has adopted REBEL at-line media analyzers in their process development to inform and optimize cell culture feed strategies and media design. REBEL provides insights into cell metabolism to enable Resilience process engineers to measure spent media samples to monitor amino acid depletion during a monoclonal antibody perfusion process. Resilience demonstrated, using REBEL, a 50% increase in titer while reducing cost of goods by adding back only the nutrients the cells have depleted.

“Data from the REBEL enables our teams to improve the speed of development, allowing for rapid optimization of our media feeds,” said Andy Grube, Director of Upstream Process Development, Biologics Franchise at Resilience. “Cell culture media and feed costs are significant in a perfusion process. With at-line media analysis, we can optimize and accelerate biotherapeutic development, with the ultimate goal of reducing cost of goods and time to submission.”

Resilience engineers are researching various techniques to lower the cost of media used in a perfusion process. At-line media analysis enables process development engineers to make decisions throughout the bioreactor run and inform feeding models, thereby improving cell culture outcomes and maximizing bioreactor utilization. At-line media analysis may further enable biopharma to characterize process consistency via media “finger printing” and process monitoring.

About the REBEL analyzer

REBEL is a first-of-its-kind fresh and spent media analyzer that enables biopharma researchers to accelerate process development cycles and maximize bioreactor utilization by running media analysis at-line. Key benefits include:

• Efficiency – minimal sample preparation and tiny volume requirements
• Real-time data tracking – quantitate over 30 key media nutrients in <10 minutes
• Small and simple – versatile design valued by users across many applications

For more information, visit www.908devices.com.

About Resilience

Resilience is a technology-focused biomanufacturing company dedicated to broadening access to complex medicines. Founded in 2020, the company is building a sustainable network of high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing solutions to ensure the treatments of today and tomorrow can be made quickly, safely, and at scale. By continuously advancing the science of biopharmaceutical manufacturing and development, Resilience seeks to free its partners to focus on the discoveries that improve patients’ lives and protect biopharmaceutical supply chains against future disruptions. For more information, visit https://resilience.com.

About 908 Devices

908 Devices is revolutionizing chemical and biochemical analysis with its simple handheld and desktop devices, addressing critical-to-life applications. The Company’s devices are used at the point-of-need to interrogate unknown and invisible materials and provide quick, actionable answers to directly address some of the most critical problems in life sciences research, bioprocessing, pharma/biopharma, forensics and adjacent markets. The Company is headquartered in the heart of Boston, where it designs and manufactures innovative products that bring together the power of mass spectrometry, microfluidic sampling and separations, software automation, and machine learning.

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Barbara Russo

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Carrie Mendivil

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Source: 908 Devices Inc.

FAQ

What is the significance of the partnership between 908 Devices and National Resilience?

The partnership allows National Resilience to utilize 908 Devices' REBEL analyzers, improving their cell culture feed strategies and optimizing biotherapeutic development.

How does the REBEL analyzer benefit National Resilience's production processes?

The REBEL analyzer provides real-time data on media nutrients, enabling Resilience to make informed decisions that enhance cell culture outcomes and reduce production costs.

What improvements were reported by Resilience after using the REBEL analyzer?

Resilience reported a 50% increase in titer and reduced costs by adding back only necessary nutrients during a monoclonal antibody perfusion process.

What are the key features of the REBEL analyzer?

The REBEL analyzer is known for its efficiency, real-time tracking of over 30 nutrient types, and its compact design suitable for various applications.

What is the potential impact of the REBEL analyzer on biotherapeutic development?

The REBEL analyzer may accelerate biotherapeutic development and reduce costs, influencing the overall efficiency in the biopharmaceutical manufacturing process.