UPDATE -- Repligen Acquires TangenX Technology Corporation
WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 15, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN), a life sciences company focused on bioprocessing technology leadership, today announced that it has acquired TangenX Technology Corporation (“TangenX”) of Shrewsbury, MA, maker of the innovative single-use Sius™ line of tangential flow filtration (“TFF”) cassettes and hardware used in downstream biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes. Sius TFF is used in the filtration of biological drugs, complementing Repligen’s OPUS® line of Pre-Packed Chromatography Columns used in downstream purification. Single-use Sius TFF cassettes are designed to deliver superior performance to traditional (reusable) TFF cassettes in a cost-competitive format that provides user-ready convenience and flexibility. The Sius portfolio also strengthens the Company’s existing capability in filtration, where its XCell™ ATF products (both stainless steel and single-use) are used for perfusion and cell culture intensification