Life Sciences and Pharma Consulting
Our consultants help pharma and biopharma organisations plan, design, deliver and optimise facilities across their full lifecycle. We support regulatory planning, build advanced manufacturing sites, improve market readiness, and speed up new therapy launches.

Engineering and consulting that helps your facilities adapt
Your manufacturing facilities remain vital to commercial success, but their role is shifting. Pharmaceutical manufacturing is increasingly complex, and site demands are growing faster than most infrastructure can support. New therapies, evolving regulations, supply chain pressures, and ESG requirements converge while production must continue uninterrupted.
Maintaining your market position today requires managing a delicate balance. You need a flexible pharmaceutical strategy that enables quicker chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) submissions, adapts to evolving requirements, and avoids downtime.
Ramboll’s pharma consultants help organisations meet these needs through an end-to-end lifecycle approach that turns infrastructure into a strategic advantage. We keep operations compliant today and engineer adaptability for tomorrow.
Expert insights on the pharmaceutical and life science industry
From process design to facility logistics, get engineering-led updates that help you move projects forward and stay compliant.
SUPPORTING YOUR FACILITY AT EVERY STAGE
Plan
- Identify growth locations using expert site strategies
- Masterplan expansions to protect long-term investments
- Validate production safety early using airflow modelling (CFD)
- Set ambitious ESG targets at project inception

Pharma and life science services
We partner with a pharmaceutical industry leaders to build resilient, agile life science facilities.
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Strategic engineering and design
Launch faster with compliant, future-ready facilities. We provide design management and process architecture for pharma manufacturing. Every design is GMP-ready and optimised for efficiency, flexibility, and energy performance.
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Integrated EPC and regulatory compliance
Achieve predictable, on time, and on budget facility openings. Our pharmaceutical consulting covers the full EPC process. From site development to regulatory approval, we manage permits and environmental risks. This helps protect your commissioning schedule.
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Sustainability and energy strategy
Cut carbon and meet ESG targets without disrupting operations. We deliver efficient energy solutions built for 24/7 pharmaceutical production. These systems reduce your environmental footprint while maintaining operational reliability, quality control and compliance.
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R&D and science park infrastructure
Scale from early R&D facilities to full production without rebuilding. We design adaptable laboratory environments and science parks for clinical research companies and high-tech sectors. Our designs support the transition from lab trials to commercial manufacturing.
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Digital services and asset innovation
Optimise global portfolios and maximise facility performance. We use digital twins and resilience tools to manage assets across multiple sites, supporting smarter capacity planning, operational support, and longer asset life across life science facilities.
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Biodiversity strategy
Secure planning approvals through nature-positive design. We develop biodiversity net gain strategies that integrate ecological value from the start. These solutions meet investor and regulatory requirements while keeping your timelines on track.
Talk to us about your facility
For over 30 years, we've helped pharma leaders deliver compliant, sustainable facilities.
Designing the future of cell therapy
The Cellerator helps the Novo Nordisk Foundation move treatments from the lab to clinical trials and to market. See how we designed a space that handles both research and manufacturing to get new medicines to patients faster.
DELVE INTO OUR LIFE SCIENCE AND PHARMA INSIGHTS
Read the latest industry insights, trends and innovations shaping the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors. Our expert perspectives help you stay informed, optimise performance, and drive sustainable growth.
Contact Ramboll in the United Kingdom
Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering and consultancy company. Ramboll has several offices across the UK.
Find your local office in the UKContact our experts

Bjarne J. Rasmussen
Global Service Line Director, Life Science & Pharma
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Anders Hummer
Global Service Line Director - Industry & Infrastructure Facilities, Buildings
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