SANTA CLARA, California, March 7 /PRNewswire/ --

Finesse Solutions, LLC, Santa Clara, CA, a manufacturer of measurement
and control solutions for bioprocess applications, and Nova Biomedical,
Waltham, MA, a world leader in biotechnology process monitoring announced the
release of a TruBio(TM) plug-in for OPC connectivity between TruBio control
software and Nova FLEX(R) analyzers. OPC is the de facto standard for data
exchange between process control systems and different hardware platforms.

OPC-based communication between a Nova FLEX(R) and TruBio reduces errors
or time delays of manual sampling, and provides automated reporting of
results. More sophisticated process control strategies can be implemented,
process parameters can be adjusted without human intervention, and, when
process alarm conditions occur, off-site personnel can be alerted and/or
automatic corrective action be taken. Additionally, all off-line Nova FLEX(R)
data can be directly consolidated into the TruBio/DeltaV historian, or used
in automated batch report generation for electronic records.

Basil Zimmo, Vice President of Software at Finesse, stated, "The Nova
FLEX(R)-TruBio plug-in will reduce operating costs: printouts of standalone
analyzer results will no longer have to be manually attached or tracked.
Furthermore, this product will improve bioprocess quality and yield:
programming a Nova FLEX(R) to automatically standardize an in-situ probe or
using Nova FLEX(R) cell viability data in real-time algorithms will increase
the accuracy and repeatability of control."

"By redefining the standard associated with offline data to include
complete integration and the value of those data as they are applied to the
bioprocess automatically, Nova and Finesse continue to provide the cutting
edge technology required to bring the biotechnology industry into a new era
of effectiveness and profitability, thereby allowing our customers real-time
benefits that, until now, were impossible," said Lyle Peshek, National Sales
Manager - Biotechnology at Nova Biomedical.

About Finesse Solutions, LLC

California-based Finesse Solutions, LLC, leads the way in developing new
measurement and control technologies, in order to enable the transition to
single-use systems, bring new capabilities to existing bioreactor platforms,
and harmonize global bio-process information transfer. Our current product
family provides comprehensive measurement and control solutions for upstream
processes in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. For more information,
please visit us at www.finesse.com.

About Nova Biomedical

Nova Biomedical is committed to continue its technology leadership with
advanced products that provide better, faster diagnostic information. We
continue to innovate biotechnology instruments that allow faster, more
economical development of drugs and other therapeutic products.