Dr Vicky Lange is a Chartered Chemical Engineer (CEng, MIChemE) and Fellow of the Women’s Engineering Society, with over a decade of experience spanning academia and pharmaceutical industry. She currently leads the Process Engineering function at APC, where she directs end-to-end drug substance development across small molecules, biologics, and a dedicated digitisation engineering team.

Vicky has led complex, cross-functional programmes at Pfizer, Baxter Healthcare, and APC, bridging early development and commercial manufacturing through the successful execution of clinical supply, GMP operations, and global technology transfer. Her work focuses on modernising pharmaceutical processes through the adoption of advanced control strategies, data-rich development platforms, and innovative continuous technologies—delivering greater speed, robustness, and scalability to drug substance manufacturing.

She contributes regularly to international forums on pharmaceutical innovation, digitalisation, and sustainability and is a passionate advocate for inclusive engineering, Vicky has mentored emerging talent through initiatives supported by BlackPharma, ISPE and the Royal Academy of Engineering.