THe Engineering
department for an
entire industry
Most therapy companies are brilliant at the science but can't afford the dedicated engineering team needed to build a commercially viable product. We are that team.
We provide the hands-on expertise to hunt and eliminate the "process noise", the subtle inconsistencies and technical debt, that stalls programs. Our mission is to transform your fragile lab experiment into a "bulletproof" manufacturing asset.
Let’s BUILD TOGETHER
The $35 Billion
manufacturing bottleneck
The $35 billion cell therapy market is trapped by a manufacturing bottleneck. Revolutionary cures are held hostage by fragile processes, "process noise," and technical debt. The only way to liberate this value is with a manufacturing-first approach, building "bulletproof," cost-effective processes from day one to finally deliver these cures at the scale patients deserve.
Achieving Manufacturing Excellence
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STRATEGIC WORKSHOPS
For the team that needs to get unstuck, fast.
This is a high-intensity intervention designed to align your leadership, R&D, and manufacturing teams around a single, unified roadmap. In a matter of days, we cut through the noise, define your path to a higher MRL, and create an actionable plan that your entire team buys into.
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AUTOMATION CONSULTING
For the team facing a multi-million dollar technology decision.
Before you invest in expensive hardware, let us provide objective, hands-on due diligence. We de-risk your capital expenditure by analyzing your process, evaluating vendor claims, and delivering a clear "build vs. buy" strategy, ensuring you invest in the right technology at the right time.
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FRACTIONAL RESOURCING
For the team with a gap in their org chart.
You need senior-level, hands-on engineering horsepower, but you're not ready for a full-time hire. We embed one of our "Vanguard" builders into your team to act as your player-coach—executing critical projects, mentoring junior staff, and adding tangible capability from day one.
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TEAM UPSKILLING
For the team that needs to scale its culture.
This is the most efficient way to instill a manufacturing-first mindset across your entire organization. Our on-demand courses create a shared language, level up the baseline knowledge of every scientist, and ensure that everyone, from new hires to senior leadership, understands how to build for scale.
why
We’re BuilT Differently
This company wasn't started in a boardroom; it was born on the factory floor. With over 20 years of hands-on experience, our team has seen firsthand why brilliant therapies fail: not because of the science, but because of the process. We've been the engineers tasked with scaling fragile workflows and fixing problems too late. We founded CTME to provide the service we always wished we could hire: a team of pragmatic builders who solve the root cause, applying the hard-won lessons that only come from years of getting things done.
what makes us different
The cell therapy industry faces a paradox: while the science advances at an incredible pace, manufacturing remains a primary point of failure. Too many promising therapies, born from brilliant research, are stalled by processes that are fragile, inconsistent, and unable to scale. Cell Therapy Manufacturing Excellence was created to solve this core problem. We are the engineering bridge between scientific discovery and commercial reality.
Our approach is built on a pragmatic, manufacturing-first mindset. We don't just advise; we hunt and eliminate the "process noise" that leads to failure. Our mission isn't simply to accelerate automation; it's to make automation successful by first helping you create a "bulletproof" process, ensuring you avoid the costly "Automation Trap." We communicate directly and honestly, no corporate jargon, just actionable solutions.
This is where engineering ensures cures can be scaled. Where brilliant science is transformed into a viable product. Where the future of medicine is made.
Our Mission: Making Cures Manufacturable
learn more About Our Approach
From science to scale
The journey from a scientific breakthrough to a commercial-scale therapy is the hardest road in medicine. It's where brilliant ideas, backed by hundreds of millions in funding, often fail. They fail because the skills required for discovery are not the same skills required for manufacturing. We bridge that gap. We translate your brilliant science into a robust, scalable, and cost-effective process, ensuring your therapy doesn't just work in the lab—it wins in the market.