Rapid Micro Biosystems Announces Appointment of Dr. Dafni Bika to Board of Directors

LEXINGTON, Mass., May 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RPID) (the “Company” or “Rapid Micro”), an innovative life sciences technology company providing mission critical automation solutions to facilitate the efficient manufacturing and fast, safe release of healthcare products, is pleased to welcome Dr. Dafni Bika to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).

“We are extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Bika to our Board of Directors,” said Robert Spignesi, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Dafni has more than 25 years of leadership experience in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing science and technology. She brings a wealth of knowledge and strategic insight that will contribute to our growth as we continue to establish the Growth Direct platform as the industry standard for automating pharmaceutical QC testing. We are excited to add her expertise to our Board.”

Dr. Bika currently serves as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Pharmaceutical Technology and Development at AstraZeneca plc, where she leads a global team of scientists and engineers in advancing synthetic molecules into approved medicines. Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Dr. Bika held senior executive roles at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, overseeing Manufacturing Technology, Packaging Technology and Device Operations as well as Global Drug Product Manufacturing Science and Technology. Earlier in her career, she served as the Director of Global Pharmaceutical Commercialization at Merck & Co., Inc.

“I am honored to join the Board at Rapid Micro Biosystems,” said Dr. Bika. “I look forward to collaborating with the management team and my fellow Board members as we advance the Company’s mission to modernize pharmaceutical quality control and manufacturing with the Growth Direct platform.”

Dr. Bika holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Rochester, NY, and a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (Greece).

About Rapid Micro Biosystems 

Rapid Micro Biosystems is an innovative life sciences technology company providing mission critical automation solutions to facilitate the efficient manufacturing and fast, safe release of healthcare products such as biologics, vaccines, cell and gene therapies, and sterile injectables. The Company’s flagship Growth Direct system automates and modernizes the antiquated, manual microbial quality control (“MQC”) testing workflows used in the largest and most complex pharmaceutical manufacturing operations across the globe. The Growth Direct system brings the quality control lab to the manufacturing floor, unlocking the power of MQC automation to deliver the faster results, greater accuracy, increased operational efficiency, better compliance with data integrity regulations, and quicker decision making that customers rely on to ensure safe and consistent supply of important healthcare products. The Company is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts and has U.S. manufacturing in Lowell, Massachusetts, with global locations in Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. For more information, please visit  or follow the Company on X (formerly known as Twitter) at  or on .

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