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BioRaptor is a bioprocess intelligence platform that helps scientists, engineers and manufacturing teams turn fragmented process data into actionable, reusable process knowledge.
Bioprocess data is typically distributed across bioreactors, analytical instruments, spreadsheets, batch records, laboratory systems and external partners. Before teams can investigate a process question, they often need to manually find, clean, align and contextualize this data. BioRaptor automates that work, creating a consistent data layer across runs, equipment, scales and sites.
The platform supports bioprocess development, scale-up, technology transfer and manufacturing. It is used across biologics, cell and gene therapy, precision fermentation, industrial biotechnology and CDMO operations.
UNIFY BIOPROCESS DATA
BioRaptor collects and harmonizes online, at-line and offline data from sources including bioreactors, analytical instruments, Excel and CSV files, batch records and laboratory notebooks. Data generated at different sampling frequencies is automatically aligned, while naming conventions and units can be standardized across equipment and systems.
This gives teams a consistent view of the entire process rather than separate views of sensor data, analytical results and process metadata.
COMPARE RUNS AND EXPLAIN VARIABILITY
Scientists and engineers can compare runs, campaigns or process groups without rebuilding analyses in spreadsheets. Process trajectories, offline measurements, operating conditions, materials and outcomes can be evaluated together.
Users can select specific parameters to investigate a hypothesis or apply hypothesis-free analysis to identify the factors most strongly associated with an observed outcome. This helps teams understand why runs behaved differently, identify potential process drivers and focus investigations on the most relevant evidence.
MONITOR ACTIVE PROCESSES
BioRaptor provides a unified view of active runs across bioreactors and facilities. Machine-learning-based anomaly detection can identify deviations from expected process behavior while a run is still in progress. Configurable alerts allow teams to respond before a deviation becomes a larger process disruption.
Monitoring can include both individual signals and multivariate process behavior, providing more context than fixed high and low alarm limits alone.
BUILD PREDICTIVE MODELS AND SOFT SENSORS
BioRaptor enables bioprocess teams to build predictive models without writing code. Available approaches range from interpretable statistical models to machine-learning methods such as XGBoost.
Models can be used to investigate process drivers, predict outcomes or create soft sensors. Soft sensors use existing online process signals to continuously estimate measurements such as glucose, lactate, LDH or cell density that would otherwise require offline sampling or additional analytical hardware.
AUTOMATE REPORTING AND KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE
End-of-run reports can be generated automatically using configurable templates. Graphs, process events, measurements and analytical outputs can be brought together in a repeatable format.
Instead of leaving the conclusions from each campaign in spreadsheets, presentations or individual scientists’ memories, BioRaptor creates a reusable process-knowledge layer. Findings from one run or development program can be more easily accessed and applied during subsequent development, scale-up, transfer or manufacturing activities.
CONNECT DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING
BioRaptor helps maintain process context as work moves between development stages, equipment, sites and external partners. Teams can compare performance across scales, connect upstream and downstream data, and preserve lineage between runs, materials, process conditions and outcomes.
For organizations working with CDMOs, the platform can bring externally generated data into the same structure as internal development data. This supports faster review, more transparent collaboration and evidence-based technology transfer.
WORK WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS
BioRaptor is not a LIMS or an ELN. It complements these systems by making the process and analytical data they contain usable for bioprocess analysis.
The platform can integrate with LIMS, ELN, SCADA, data historians, cloud services and third-party analytical tools. Data can be ingested through secure connected workflows or imported from Excel, CSV, batch records and other offline sources.
KEY CAPABILITIES
• Automated bioprocess data collection and contextualization
• Harmonization across equipment, systems, units and naming conventions
• Alignment of online, at-line and offline measurements
• Cross-run, cross-campaign, cross-scale and cross-site analysis
• Investigation of process variability and outcome drivers
• Real-time monitoring of active bioprocess runs
• Machine-learning-based anomaly detection
• Configurable email and text alerts
• Automated and customizable end-of-run reports
• Interactive graphs and dashboards
• Batch and run lineage across upstream and downstream operations
• Predictive modeling without coding
• Soft sensors for continuously estimated process measurements
• Role-based access control, audit trails and encryption
WHO USES BIORAPTOR
BioRaptor is designed for process development scientists, bioprocess engineers, MSAT teams, manufacturing teams, data and digital leaders, and CMC organizations that need to learn from data generated across the bioprocess lifecycle.
Typical applications include:
• Comparing development runs and identifying drivers of performance
• Investigating unexpected variability or process deviations
• Monitoring multiple active bioreactors from one view
• Supporting process characterization and scale-up
• Preparing data and evidence for technology transfer
• Connecting sponsor and CDMO process data
• Creating predictive models and virtual sensors
• Standardizing recurring process and campaign reports
• Preserving process knowledge across teams and programs
DEPLOYMENT AND SECURITY
BioRaptor is cloud-based, with typical implementation taking approximately two to four weeks, including data integration, user training and ongoing support.
The platform provides encryption, role-based access control, audit trails and secure cloud infrastructure. It is built around ALCOA+ data-integrity principles and designed to support 21 CFR Part 11 electronic records and signatures.
Customer data remains the property of the customer. It is segregated between customers and is not used to train models for other customers.
THE OUTCOME
BioRaptor reduces the time between generating process data and learning from it. By replacing repeated data preparation with a consistent analytical environment, teams can investigate issues faster, make better-supported process decisions and carry knowledge forward across development and manufacturing.
Every run becomes more than a dataset. It becomes evidence the organization can use.
Who Is the Company Behind BioRaptor?
