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Growth Direct® System

Partnering to Deliver Automated Solutions for Your QC Lab

While we are designing new solutions internally to automate QC workflows, we also seize every opportunity to partner with leading-edge companies. We signed a distribution and collaboration agreement with the company Rapid Micro BioSystems, Inc. This partnership allows us to add to our portfolio the Growth Direct® system, a fully automated microbial quality control solution, reinforcing our commitment to innovation in pharmaceutical manufacturing and microbiology.

Automated Microbial Detection and Enumeration Platform

Accelerate quality control processes with the fully automated Growth Direct® system.* This innovative platform improves data integrity, reducing human error, and streamlines microbiological testing across your laboratory.

The Growth Direct® System, an automated microbial quality control platform by Rapid Micro Biosystems, featuring a user-friendly touchscreen interface and non-destructive testing capabilities.

The Growth Direct® system* is a fully automated, non-destructive platform designed for microbial quality control (QC) testing in modern laboratories. It replaces outdated manual and paper-based methods with a digital, automated approach, delivering faster results and improved compliance for various testing needs.

Whether performing bioburden testing, environmental monitoring, or accelerating sterility test results, the Growth Direct® system* provides rapid and accurate results while minimizing human error and enhancing data integrity.

Key features include:

  • Automated colony enumeration and detection
  • Touch-free incubation and imaging
  • Seamless integration with LIMS and digital QC workflows
  • 21 CFR Part 11–compliant electronic records
  • Non-destructive testing method allows for downstream analysis

Discover how the Growth Direct® system* can transform your microbial quality control processes. 

Close-up of the Growth Direct® System's detection chamber, showcasing petri dishes and automated colony enumeration and detection.

Faster Time to Results

Reduce detection time for microbial growth across multiple applications— achieving results up to 50% faster than traditional methods.

    A laboratory technician using a barcode scanner on a sample container, showcasing digital data management and automated recordkeeping for improved accuracy and audit-ready reporting.

    Eliminate transcription errors and manual recordkeeping with fully digital data management and audit-ready reports.

      A laboratory technician operating the Growth Direct® System, showcasing trusted automation that frees up analyst time and standardizes workflow.

      Free up analyst time and standardize results across shifts and sites with trusted automation.

        Click here to learn more about other automated solutions we are developing internally in partnership with users and engineering companies.


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        *Growth Direct® is a registered trademark of Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc

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