CASE STUDY
Digitizing Laboratory Operations with Biovia ONE Lab Integration
A leading pharmaceutical company aimed to modernize its laboratory operations by digitizing standard operating procedures (SOPs), integrating instruments, and ensuring compliance with GxP standards across global labs.
Business Challenges
- Lab operations were fragmented, relying heavily on manual processes to execute SOPs, capture instrument data (e.g., HPLC), and track inventory.
- This led to inefficiencies, data silos, audit risks, and limited scalability of digital lab practices.
Technologies Used
- Biovia ONE Lab, Compose, Capture, HPLC, SAP, CISPro, Smart QC, Intelligent Batching, Bitbucket, REST APIs, ETL pipelines
About Biovia
The BIOVIA portfolio integrates the diversity of science, experimental processes and information requirements, end-to-end, across research, development, QA/QC and manufacturing. Capabilities include Scientific Informatics, Molecular Modeling/Simulation, Data Science, Laboratory Informatics, Formulation Design, BioPharma Quality & Compliance and Manufacturing Analytics. BIOVIA’s Digital Laboratory Informatics capabilities allow for compliant and efficient lab workflows, harmonization and standardization.
Astrix Solution
- Development and integration of custom web applications and tools within the Biovia ONE Lab suite, focusing on:
- Application Development: Delivered 12+ custom web apps to digitize lab workflows, replacing manual steps with streamlined, automated interfaces.
- Data Integration: Built graphical interfaces and ETLs that allowed scientists to execute SOPs, collect instrument data using Compose and Capture, and reduce assay time.
- System Integration: Integrated ONE Lab with CISPro, SAP, Smart QC, and Intelligent Batching, enabling real-time inventory updates, equipment calibration tracking, and seamless data flow.
- Audit & Compliance: Developed GxP-compliant APIs and automated reporting tools to ensure audit readiness and data traceability.
- Inventory Automation: Created tools to manage material containers in CISPro (dispense/dispose) directly from ONE Lab.
- DevOps & Scaling: Implemented enterprise-grade release practices using Bitbucket and led an Astrix team to transform pilot solutions into widely adopted enterprise platforms.
Results
- Reduced manual data entry through automated SOP execution and instrument data capture.
- Improved compliance, with scheduled audit protocols and real-time GxP monitoring.
- Accelerated platform adoption, scaling from pilot environments to enterprise-wide deployment.
- Boosted scientist productivity by enabling streamlined workflows and reducing turnaround time on assays and inventory tasks.
