CMAC DATA LAB - A DIGITAL MEDICINES MANUFACTURING RESEARCH ACCELERATOR
Better data for better medicines development
The CMAC Data Lab connects robotics, digital twins, AI, analytics and advanced process technologies so researchers and partners can design, make and test medicines in new ways.
UK Research Partnership Investment Fund award
£11m
Industry partnership co-investment
£22m
Digital CMC tools revolutionising regulatory processes and submissions
2028
One infrastructure supporting our research, training and partnerships
The Data Lab drives the digital transformation of CMC processes across CMAC’s programmes. It gives researchers the tools, students the training environment and partners a route to advanced technology. Building on our UKRPIF Net Zero Pilot, it also helps us to go further in reducing emissions generated by our research.
The CMAC Data Lab: leveraging data, robotics, digital twins, AI and advanced process technologies to power our research
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National Facility
900m2 hub in Glasgow, giving industry, academic and technology partners access to specialist expertise and an integrated digital environment.
The Data Lab extends the capability CMAC partners can draw on, from early-stage development to manufacture.
Train the next generation
CEDAR CDT
The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in cyber-physical systems for medicines manufacturing is training 90 future leaders with partners at Leeds, Sheffield and Imperial.
The Data Lab gives students hands-on experience of digital and advanced manufacturing technologies.
Research to transform how medicines are made
MediForge
A seven-year EPSRC Industry 5.0 research hub, working to make medicines manufacturing more sustainable, resilient and human-centric.
The Data Lab provides research infrastructure that helps turn MediForge’s cyber-physical approach into practice.
Inside the Data Lab
Four connected areas turn individual instruments into a single digital research system. They also open new lines of research in flow chemistry and in peptide and oligonucleotide synthesis and scale-up.
Integrated data and digital systems
Connect development, manufacture and regulation through shared data and digital infrastructure.
CMC DataFactory® platforms
Robots and people connected with real-time digital twins in intelligent cyber-physical systems.
MicroFactories
Support intensive, sustainable and adaptable advanced processing.
Advanced measurement
Instruments that reveal functional material characteristics across multiple length scales.
Equipment ready for your next project
The technology is here to be used in research. Talk to us about training, access and how it could support your work.
Our kit includes:
QbDD Navigator and Knowledge Graph
Unify equipment, experiment and model data into a FAIR-compliant semantic network.
Training available
Robotic arms and robot dog
Automate lab tasks and test new ways for people and robots to work together.
Training available
Supercomputer
Build advanced AI models from large language models, to real-time process lines with the NVIDIA DGX H100 supercomputer.
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HPLC
Support analytical work across CMAC’s research.
In regular research use
Mosquito liquid handler
Dispense small liquid volumes into 96-well plates for screening.
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Drum dryer
See inside the process with footage captured from within the dryer.
Video coming soon
Mixing and blending
Explore how processing choices affect drug product development.
Discuss a project
X-Ray diffraction
Understand solid-state and crystalline materials in detail.
In regular research use
FUNDERS AND PARTNERS
The CMAC Data Lab has been supported by UKRI and the Scottish Funding Council through the UKRPIF (UK Research Partnership Investment Fund) capital awards (1) CMAC Data Lab: A Digital Medicine Manufacturing Research Accelerator, (2) Net Zero Medicines Manufacturing Research Pilot and (3) National Facility for Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation Research for Pharmaceutical Products.
