Julia Wiesner PhD Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA

I studied Chemistry (Diploma degree) at the University of Marburg (2001-2006) and started my PhD in the field of Proteomics at the Rudolf-Virchow Institute at Würzburg (coop. with the University of Würzburg). I finished my PhD (2011) at the Leibniz-Institute at Dortmund (in coop. with technical university of Dortmund). Since 2010 I am with Merz starting as a scientific expert at the Quality Control department at Merz Pharma, Dessau. In 2015 I took over the role as the head of Quality Control. In 2021 I took over the responsibility of the QA Systems department in addition to the QC department. My QA team of ~60 employees is responsible for training, documentation, deviations, CAPA, change control, complaints, supplier, audits, technical QA for calibration/maintenance/qualification, internal project QA and adminstration of SAP QM / LIMS. My QC team handles incoming goods inspection of raw and packaging material, biochemical & physico-chemical in-process, release and stability testing of APIs and drug products as well as oversight of external laboratories for microbiological testing.