Supply Agreement for Microbiologic System

A purchase-and-supply agreement has been announced by Thermo Electron Corp. (Milford, MA, USA), whereby the company will supply customized incubation platforms for integration with the automated rapid microbiologic detection system of Genomic Profiling Systems (Bedford, MA, USA) for pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Thermo's Cytomat 6001 incubation platform will provide automated culture-plate incubation to complete the integrated Growth Direct System of Genomic Profiling, which significantly reduces incubation time, the most important limitation of traditional culture-based tests used in the microbiologic testing of pharmaceuticals. The Cytomat 6001 provides an incubation environment with a single access point that can easily be configured to integrate with any automated assay system.

"Thermo was an obvious contender with its broad product offering and proven Cytomat incubators,” noted Bob Linke, president and CEO of Genomic Profiling Systems. "What really made the difference was Thermo's ability to quickly customize the platform to our specification.”

Genomic Profiling's Growth Direct System uses digital imaging to accelerate testing. The system enumerates organisms grown in culture days to weeks earlier than feasible by the human eye. A non-destructive system, it permits retention of organisms for required identification, differentiating it from available rapid microbiology systems.

"We anticipate that the Growth Direct System will dramatically reduce the cost of pharmaceutical microbiology by decreasing wait times by at least 50% and by automating labor-intensive methods,” added Bob Linke.




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