Repligen Corporation (Nasdaq: RGEN), a life sciences company
focused on bioprocessing technology leadership, and 908 Devices
Inc. (Nasdaq: MASS), a pioneer in purpose-built handheld and
desktop devices for chemical analysis, announce that Repligen has
purchased 908 Devices’ desktop portfolio of four devices for
bioprocessing process analytical technology (PAT) applications. 908
Devices remains focused on the growth of its newly expanded
handheld device portfolio for vital health and safety applications.
The addition of these desktop assets complements and strengthens
Repligen’s differentiated PAT portfolio that provides its
biopharmaceutical and CDMO customers with actionable insights to
optimize development processes and improve manufacturing
efficiencies. Products acquired from 908 Devices include MAVERICK
and MAVEN for real-time monitoring and control of critical
bioprocess parameters; REBEL, an at-line cell culture media
analyzer; and ZipChip, a high-resolution sample separations device
used in the characterization of product quality attributes.
Olivier Loeillot, President and Chief Executive Officer at
Repligen said, “We are really excited to onboard the 908
bioprocessing team and the four differentiated upstream PAT
technologies that are commercialized today. They are the perfect
complement to our downstream analytics portfolio and will enable
Repligen to further penetrate a broad set of modalities and offer
analytics solutions across the entire bioprocess workflow. This
asset acquisition is a true win-win for both organizations, and a
significant step forward for Repligen as our customers increasingly
embed digitization technologies in their production processes.”
“Repligen’s leadership in commercializing innovative solutions
that advance bioprocessing is a great fit for our novel desktop
devices and our bioprocessing team. I wish them continued success,”
said Kevin J. Knopp, CEO and Co-founder, 908 Devices. “Going
forward, 908 Devices will continue to advance chemical detection at
the point of need with our handheld analytical devices in vital
health and safety applications.”
Transaction Terms and Advisors
The purchase consideration is a payment of $70 million in cash.
Centerview Partners LLC is acting as financial advisor and Goodwin
Procter is serving as legal counsel to Repligen Corporation.
Perella Weinberg Partners is acting as financial advisor and Paul
Hastings LLP is serving as legal counsel to 908 Devices Inc.
Webcast Information
908 Devices will discuss the divestiture of its desktop assets
on a conference call for its fourth quarter 2024 financial results
before market open on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 5:30 a.m. Pacific
Time / 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. A webcast of the conference call can
be accessed from the company’s Investor Relations website.
About Repligen Corporation
Repligen Corporation is a global life sciences company that
develops and commercializes highly innovative bioprocessing
technologies and systems that enable efficiencies in the process of
manufacturing biological drugs. We are “inspiring advances in
bioprocessing” for the customers we serve; primarily
biopharmaceutical drug developers and contract development and
manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) worldwide. Our focus areas are
Filtration and Fluid Management, Chromatography, Process Analytics
and Proteins. Our corporate headquarters are located in Waltham,
Massachusetts, and the majority of our manufacturing sites are in
the U.S., with additional key sites in Estonia, France, Germany,
Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden. For more information about the
company see our website at www.repligen.com, and follow us on
LinkedIn.
About 908 Devices
908 Devices is revolutionizing chemical analysis with its simple
handheld and desktop devices, addressing life-altering
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 forensics, bioprocessing, pharma/biopharma, life
science research 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 complementary
analytical technologies, microfluidic sampling and separations,
software automation, and machine learning. To learn more,
visit 908devices.com.
Repligen Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, which
are made pursuant to and in reliance upon the safe harbor
provisions of the federal securities laws including the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any statements
contained herein which do not describe historical facts, including,
among others, any express or implied statements or guidance
regarding the expected results of our purchase of the bioprocessing
analytics portfolio from 908 Devices on Repligen’s future financial
performance, expected synergies following such purchase, the
expected performance of our business, customer adoption and demand
of 908 Devices’ technologies, the expected expansion of Repligen’s
product lines and modalities, are based on management’s current
expectations and beliefs and are forward-looking statements which
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those discussed in such forward-looking
statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, our
ability to integrate 908 Devices’ desktop portfolio and relevant
personnel into our existing business and to achieve expected
synergies; our ability to maintain or expand historical sales of
908 Devices’ desktop portfolio; our ability to accurately forecast
the asset acquisition, related costs and allocation of the purchase
price and other intangibles related to the transaction and other
asset adjustments; our ability to forecast customer demand of the
acquired assets, and other risks and uncertainties detailed in
Repligen’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and
subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and
Current Reports on Form 8-K on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the Commission) as well as our upcoming Annual
Report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and any
subsequent filings made with the Commission, which are available at
the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Actual results may differ
materially from those Repligen contemplated by these
forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s current
views, expectations, and assumptions regarding the future of our
business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated
events and trends, the economy and other future conditions, and are
based only on information currently available to us. Repligen
cautions you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Repligen
disclaims any obligation to update or revise any such statements to
reflect any change in expectations or in events, conditions or
circumstances on which any such statements may be based, or that
may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from
those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
908 Devices Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward looking statements” within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts are
forward-looking statements, including, without limitation,
statements regarding the Company’s future revenue and growth,
statements relating to the transaction, including statements
regarding the benefits of the transaction. Words such as “may,”
“will,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend” and
similar expressions (as well as other words or expressions
referencing future events, conditions or circumstances) are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are based on management’s current
expectations and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
assumptions which may cause actual results to differ materially
from any results expressed or implied by any forward-looking
statement. These risks include but are not limited to: our ability
to implement successfully strategic initiatives; risks relating to
our ability to achieve the anticipated benefits from the
transaction; actions and initiatives taken by both current and
potential competitors; as well as the effects of more general
factors such as changes in general market, economic or political
conditions or in legislation, regulation or public policy.
Additional risks are outlined under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in
the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including our annual report on Form 10-K and our quarterly reports
on Form 10-Q which are available on the SEC's website
at www.sec.gov. Additional information will be made available
in our annual and quarterly reports and other filings that we make
from time to time with the SEC. Although the Company believes that
the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are
reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results. The Company has no
obligation, and does not undertake any obligation, to update or
revise any forward-looking statement made in this press release to
reflect changes since the date of this press release, except as may
be required by law.
Repligen Contact:Sondra S. Newman,
Global Head of Investor Relations(781)
419-1881investors@repligen.com |
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908 Devices Media ContactBarbara
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908 Devices Investor
Contact Carrie
Mendivil IR@908devices.com |
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