Anke Hossfeld Merck KGaA

Anke Hossfeld is Marketing Director for Automation and Digitalization at Merck Life Science KGaA in Darmstadt, Germany.

She is responsible for the innovation strategy of new products for microbial QC testing in the pharmaceutical industry using automation, robotics and digitization. Anke started her career in 2008 at Biotest AG as International Product Manager for alternative pyrogen and mycoplasma tests. In 2011, Anke joined Merck KGaA in Darmstadt as Global Product Manager and has since been responsible for the product portfolio, life cycle management and new product developments in various QC applications such as bioburden, sterility, pyrogen and rapid technologies.