Skyepharma Bolsters Data Integrity Capabilities

UK-based software provider to the life science industry, Veratrak, has entered a partnership with French contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Skyepharma.

Skyepharma is a fully integrated CDMO offering early formulation development, scale up, manufacturing and packaging of classic and complex oral solid dosage forms.

The company has selected Veratrak’s platform to ensure data integrity and enable secure data sharing throughout its supply chain. Skyepharma will leverage Veratrak to exchange and collaborate on quality and manufacturing records with their supply chain partners. Veratrak’s built-in compliance with EU GMP Annex 11 and FDA 21 CFR Part 11 electronic signatures was also a key factor in cementing the partnership.

“The pharmaceutical industry is highly regulated so it was important for us to choose a fully compliant solution that could also add value to our supply chain,” Aline Moulin, pharmaceutical development director, Skyepharma. “We chose to partner with Veratrak as the platform will provide us the ability to streamline the onboarding of new customers and securely exchange manufacturing, quality, and analytical data with them. Data integrity was a key driver behind our choice, and the Veratrak solution will enable us to store and share data securely throughout our operations and those of our supply chain partners.”

The Veratrak platform leverages blockchain to store data as part of an immutable ledger, providing an auditable, compliant solution for critical document transfer and safeguarding data security. Using the platform, contract service organizations and life science companies can securely store and share data across partners in the supply chain, gaining visibility to collaborative processes with their partners.

The cloud-based software as a solution (SaaS) product can be seamlessly integrated into existing internal systems, like enterprise ERP software, which means implementation is quick and straightforward. Veratrak’s reporting capabilities will give Skyepharma insight into KPIs like lead time and right-first-time percentage to capture quality and efficiency gains.

Jason Lacombe, CEO, Veratrak, said, “We are delighted to welcome Skyepharma to the Veratrak platform. We’re looking forward to helping the company and its partners benefit from full visibility of supply chain operations, including critical processes such as document and data sharing. It is key that the integrity of data is ensured as it is shared between partners. Using the platform will allow Skyepharma to have full oversight of data, including an indisputable audit trail of data and document processes.”