Lonza and the Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC), a not-for-profit organization established to provide the UK’s first strategic vaccine  development and advanced manufacturing capability, announced a project to implement the MODA-EM? Solution to automate quality control (QC) in the new facility.

VMIC plans to implement the MODA-EM? Solution as part of its strategy to develop a state-of-the-art manufacturing center due to open in 2021 – fast-tracked to open a year ahead of schedule. The MODA-EM? Solution is a comprehensive informatics platform that automates QC processes for regulated manufacturing in the Life Sciences industry. This fully digital QC system enables companies to reduce the time needed for validation and qualification and provides a forward-thinking paperless solution.

Lonza’s solution for pharmaceutical QC will allow paperless management of microbiological data. The electronic approach reinforces data integrity compliance, enables real-time access to data, and provides fast input necessary to make informed decisions.

"We're proud that VMIC has made the decision to adopt Lonza's MODA-EM? Quality Control Microbiology Platform. This project comes at a critical time when vaccine developers and manufacturers are scaling up to meet vital global health needs. We look forward to working with VMIC to enable vaccine producers with best practices and the highest levels of data integrity in paperless manufacturing and quality as they serve an important role in the future of public health," Dr. Orla Cloak, Global Director of Testing Solutions and Informatics, Lonza, said.

“A new facility like VMIC faces the challenge of implementing a successful contamination control strategy built on meaningful data analysis. Add to this the urgent need to be operationally ready in a very short timeframe in order to have the ability to manufacture a vaccine for COVID-19, and you need a system that can be integrated quickly and still delivers the highest standard of compliance. Lonza was able to demonstrate they could deliver this through a rigorous tendering process, and I look forward to working with them," Birgit Hartnell, Head of Quality Control, VMIC, said.