ROI Analysis: The Hidden Cost of Batch Failure
Why 'Good Enough' stability is costing you millions.
Sogand Azadeh
Co-Founder & Research Lead
The Unit Economics of a Crash
Let's break down the cost of a single failed run in a 2,000L mammalian cell perfusion reactor or bacterial fermenter.
- Media Cost: €40,000 - €80,000
- Labor (2 weeks): €25,000
- Vessel Scheduling Cost: €100,000 (Opportunity Cost)
- Downstream Prep: €15,000
Total Loss: ~€200,000+
And this is just the direct cost. If this batch was for a clinical trial deadline, the cost in stock price or funding milestones is incalculable.
Buying Insurance for €500
The Catcheater licensing model is effectively an insurance policy.
For a fraction of the cost of the media, you guarantee that the strain remains genetically stable.
If our system saves even one batch from crashing in a year, the ROI is over 100x.
In an industry where "batch failure" is often accepted as "just biology," we argue that stability is a solvable engineering problem.