Under pressure to succeed

Fast – faster – fastest: in less than a year, the life sciences industry has managed to develop and obtain approval for multiple Covid-19 vaccines. “The task now is to rapidly produce the vaccine for the whole world,” says Klaus Köhler, Global Industry Manager Life Sciences at Endress+Hauser. Working under extreme pressure, manufacturers have to create enormous production capacity by retrofitting or building new plants – and equipping them with the latest technology to stay viable for the future. “To make sure that everything functions, manufacturers are relying on strong partners,” adds Klaus Köhler.

Endress+Hauser focused on the biopharmaceutical industry early on. “Our first project, more than 20 years ago, involved a plant for producing long-acting insulin,” says Klaus Köhler. Parallel to the growing success of the industry, Endress+Hauser developed an extensive portfolio especially for this sector that meets all its safety and quality requirements. One of the most recent innovations is Raman spectroscopy, which can be used to measure a wide range of quality parameters across the entire biopharmaceutical manufacturing process. Data consistency is provided by liquid analysis sensors that can be employed both in the lab and in the manufacturing process. Regional production enables short delivery times.