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Tekansa

Life sciences,
engineered end to bench.

Clinical trials, lab informatics, GxP manufacturing, quality and AI-native discovery, engineered with the regulatory rigour the sector demands, and the delivery velocity the science actually needs.

Sector snapshot

The territory, in four numbers we hold ourselves to.

Life sciences pays back what it can validate. These are the numbers our engineering practice designs against.

GxP
By design

GLP, GCP and GMP evidence trails engineered into delivery

21 CFR Part 11
Compliant

And EU Annex 11 aligned, audit-ready evidence, not paperwork

30–50%
Cycle time cut

Typical uplift on validated systems we modernise

6–10
Weeks

To first validated slice in production

Where we operate

The life-sciences formats we build for.

Life sciences spans a family of regulated operating models. We tailor architecture, validation posture and delivery cadence to the specific rhythm and constraints of the organisation.

01

Pharma & biotech R&D

Discovery, translational and clinical development, with informatics, data science and AI applied through the regulated pipeline.

02

Clinical operations

CTMS, EDC, eTMF, e-consent and site management engineered against real trial reality, not vendor demo flow.

03

GxP manufacturing

MES, LIMS, e-batch, deviation, quality and regulatory reporting on validated platforms.

04

Medical devices

Product engineering, firmware, connected devices, SaMD and post-market surveillance, with IEC 62304 rigour.

05

CDMOs & CROs

Multi-tenant regulated operations with segregation, tech-transfer, e-batch review and customer-facing reporting.

06

Commercial & medical affairs

HCP engagement, patient support, real-world evidence and omnichannel, engineered with privacy and consent at the centre.

Services for life sciences

Services we deliver into life sciences.

Every life-sciences engagement blends R&D informatics, GxP-regulated systems and modern engineering. These are the practices we most commonly deploy into pharma, biotech, medical devices and CDMOs, each linked to its dedicated practice page.

AI & Data

AI & Machine Learning

Target discovery, biomarker analysis, imaging AI, real-world evidence and predictive quality, engineered against evidence, not slides.

AI & Data

Generative AI

Medical writing, regulatory drafting, literature triage and lab-assistant copilots grounded in your validated corpus.

AI & Data

AI Agents

Autonomous workflows for pharmacovigilance triage, clinical monitoring and regulatory intelligence with clear human oversight.

AI & Data

Data Engineering

Clinical data warehouses, R&D lakehouses, unified namespaces for lab equipment and real-world data pipelines.

AI & Data

Data Analytics

Clinical operations analytics, RWE dashboards, quality analytics and semantic layers your regulators can defend.

Cloud & Security

Cybersecurity

21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11 and HIPAA-aligned security, identity, audit and validated environments.

Cloud & Security

Cloud & DevOps

GxP-qualified cloud landing zones, validated CI/CD and infrastructure that stays audit-ready.

Build

Product Engineering

Patient-facing, HCP-facing and internal platforms, engineered as products in a regulated environment.

Build

Mobile Apps

Companion apps, e-consent, ePRO and connected-device apps for clinical and commercial use.

Enterprise

ERP & CRM

SAP S/4HANA for regulated manufacturing, Veeva Vault ecosystems and Salesforce Health Cloud implementations.

Enterprise

API & Integrations

CDISC, HL7 FHIR, IDMP, SDTM/ADaM and modern APIs across CTMS, EDC, LIMS, ERP and regulatory systems.

Emerging Tech

IoT Solutions

Lab equipment connectivity, cold-chain telemetry and connected medical devices with GxP-grade data.

What we build

The R&D-and-regulated estate we engineer end to end.

The life-sciences organisations that pull ahead treat R&D, clinical, manufacturing, quality and commercial estates as one connected system, governed by the same validation and audit spine.

01R&D & scientific informatics
ELN, LIMS, scientific data lakes and analytics that let scientists work at the pace of the science, with FAIR data principles as the substrate.
02Clinical operations platform
CTMS, EDC, eTMF, e-consent, ePRO and site-collaboration, integrated around real trial workflows and validated end to end.
03GxP manufacturing & quality
MES, e-batch, deviations, CAPA, LIMS and quality analytics on validated infrastructure, with 21 CFR Part 11 and Annex 11 alignment.
04Regulatory & submissions
RIM, submission planning, structured content and regulatory intelligence, with the audit trail engineered into every artefact.
05Commercial & patient engagement
HCP CRM, patient support, market access and omnichannel, with consent, privacy and validation designed in from day one.
06Validation, security & compliance
Computer software assurance, validated CI/CD, segregation-of-duties and cyber controls aligned to sector regimes, designed as engineering, not paperwork.
Selected clients

Trusted by scientists, clinical operators and quality teams.

A representative sample of the pharma, biotech, medical-device and CDMO organisations we've engineered with.

Northline BiosciencesMeridian PharmaKestrel TherapeuticsHalcyon Medical DevicesArgent CDMOLongitude CROVantage Diagnostics R&DSable Vaccines
Frequently asked

What clients ask us first

01How do you approach GxP validation as engineering?

Through Computer Software Assurance (CSA) as the modern spine, risk-based, evidence-first, and integrated with CI/CD. Requirements, test evidence, deviation and change control live in the same version-controlled surfaces engineers already work with. Auditors get the evidence trail as an artefact of delivery, not as a reconstruction before inspection.

02Where does AI genuinely earn its place in life sciences?

In target discovery and biomarker analysis where the data supports it, in imaging AI for pathology and radiology, in medical writing and regulatory drafting grounded in your validated corpus, in pharmacovigilance triage, and in lab-assistant copilots. In every case we engineer evaluation, guardrails and human-in-the-loop against the specific blast radius, regulated environments never ship AI without evidence.

03How do you handle 21 CFR Part 11 and EU Annex 11?

As engineering primitives, not documentation. Electronic records, audit trails, e-signatures, access controls, backup and validation are designed into the platform. Evidence is generated by delivery. Alignment with FDA CSA guidance and EU Annex 11 is built into how the systems ship and change, so audits become reports against existing evidence.

04How do you approach data standards like CDISC, IDMP and FHIR?

As first-class engineering. CDISC SDTM and ADaM for clinical data submissions, IDMP for product-identification data, HL7 FHIR for interoperability with clinical systems, and OMOP for real-world evidence. Standards are how the industry compounds, we treat them accordingly.

05How do you modernise validated systems without invalidating them?

As rolling, evidence-first waves. Change control and impact assessment go first. Modernisation happens on validated infrastructure with test evidence generated continuously. Cutovers are reconciled, reversible and staged so validation status is preserved throughout, never a big-bang that ends up in a Form 483.

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