Rapid Micro Biosystems

Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. is a life sciences technology company. The company is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts and currently employs 171 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2021-07-15. Its flagship Growth Direct system automates and modernizes the antiquated, manual microbial quality control (MQC) testing workflows used in pharmaceutical manufacturing operations. The company offers four specific applications for testing of microbial contamination: Environmental Monitoring, which tests the manufacturing environment, including circulating air, exposed surfaces, and personnel; Water, which tests any purified water used at any stage of the drug production process, including water for injection; In-Process Bioburden, which tests raw materials, drug substance and in-process product, and Sterility Release offering final testing of finished product to ensure sterility before the product is released for commercial sale.