Case Study: Moderna Therapeutics achieves scalable growth and faster mRNA development with SAP SuccessFactors

How Is an Emerging Biotech Company Managing Growth While Revolutionizing the Development of Medicines

Moderna Therapeutics, a Cambridge-based biotech pioneering mRNA medicines, faced the challenge of rapidly scaling R&D and manufacturing while moving to a fully digital business model to support a growing pipeline of drugs. To build a cloud-based, scalable foundation and improve process and data quality, Moderna worked with Answerthink and deployed SAP S/4HANA along with SAP solutions including the SAP SuccessFactors Learning solution.

Answerthink’s implementation of SAP S/4HANA and complementary SAP tools—including SAP SuccessFactors for learning—integrated inventory, materials management, purchase-to-pay, and accounting, and improved data quality and analytics. The transformation delivered measurable impact: Moderna can now build 10x more mRNA constructs per month, accelerate learning and drug development, and operate on a scalable digital platform that supports future innovations.

Moderna Therapeutics

Marcello Damiani

Chief Digital Officer