Accelerate Diagnostics Announces FDA Clearance of its Accelerate Arc™ System

An automated platform designed to fight against Sepsis and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Enables rapid, automated microbial identification on the Bruker MALDI Biotyper^® CA System directly from positive blood culture samples

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 30, 2024/PRNewswire/ -- Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXDX), an innovator of rapid in vitro diagnostics, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance of the Accelerate Arc system and BC kit, an innovative, automated positive blood culture sample preparation platform, for use with Bruker's MALDI Biotyper^® CA System (MBT-CA System) and MBT-CA Sepsityper^® software extension.

Designed for clinical laboratories, the Accelerate Arc system has a simple workflow that automates positive blood culture sample preparation for direct downstream microbial identification (ID) using Bruker's MBT-CA system. This eliminates the need for overnight culture methods, reducing the wait time for microbial ID results, which is critical in the fight against sepsis.

The Accelerate Arc system is designed to leverage the breadth of the Bruker MBT-CA reference library to provide rapid ID. This, in conjunction with our future rapid phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) innovation, the Accelerate WAVE™ system¹, can enable same shift reporting to Antimicrobial Stewardship teams and clinicians alike. By providing clinicians with rapid ID and AST results, clinicians can get the patient on the optimal antibiotic therapy many hours sooner, which has been shown to improve patient outcomes with Sepsis, reduce antimicrobial resistance rates and hospital costs.

The Accelerate Arc system is also designed to supplant both overnight subculture as well as laborious Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) sample preparation methods. Clinical laboratories are under pressure to run FDA-cleared devices due to increased legislation and enforcement associated with the use of LDTs. Accordingly, such laboratories can now utilize the Accelerate Arc system as an automated, FDA-cleared system.

"The FDA Clearance of the Accelerate Arc system marks the beginning of an exciting journey in our broader innovation roadmap. Together with the Accelerate WAVE™ system¹ we are positioned to empower laboratories to deliver faster, more actionable results to clinicians, ultimately enhancing patient care and outcomes." said Jack Phillips, President and CEO of Accelerate Diagnostics.

About Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AXDX)

Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. is an in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to providing solutions for the global challenges of antibiotic resistance and sepsis. In addition to the Accelerate Arc system, the Accelerate Pheno system and Accelerate PhenoTest^® BC kit combine several technologies aimed at reducing the time clinicians must wait to determine the most optimal antibiotic therapy for deadly infections. The FDA-cleared Accelerate Pheno system and Accelerate PhenoTest BC kit fully automate sample preparation, identification and phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility testing in approximately seven hours directly from positive blood cultures. Recent external studies indicate the solution offers results 1-2 days faster than existing methods, enabling clinicians to optimize antibiotic selection and dosage specific to the individual patient days earlier.

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Forward-Looking Statements

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¹ The Accelerate WAVE^TM system is currently in clinical trials in preparation for FDA 510(k) submission with a target time-to-result of 4.5-hours, on average.

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