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Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Accelerate your digital transformation with ZEISS

towards data-driven, autonomous laboratory and production processes

Digitization and automation in pharmaceutical R&D, production, and QC offer significant efficiency potential—but require specialized industry knowledge.

Laboratory processes
Production processes
Pharmazeutika & Biotechnologie
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Current trends

Turning data into value

New technologies, increasing regulatory requirements, and intensifying global competition are reshaping the rules of the market faster than ever before. Organizations are challenged not only to drive innovation, but to operationalize it efficiently—while consistently ensuring quality, compliance, and profitability.

Data is the critical value driver in this context: only those who leverage it strategically can identify trends, proactively manage risks, and adapt their business models with agility. Digital strategies are no longer a luxury—they are a fundamental enabler of competitiveness, growth, and long-term sustainable success.

Now is the time to move beyond data collection and unlock its full value by interpreting, integrating, and transforming data into actionable insights—empowering pharmaceutical companies to proactively shape their future.

 
Leverage the benefits of advanced digitalization and automation across laboratory and manufacturing processes.

As your trusted partner, we provide end-to-end support for the digitalization and automation of your laboratory and production environments—from the strategic design of data-driven laboratory infrastructures and workflows to software development, testing, and ongoing maintenance. We contribute deep expertise in regulated environments such as GxP, combined with strong industry knowledge in open interoperability and data standards, to help position your laboratories for AI-driven research and manufacturing.

Our objective is to optimize operations, accelerate development timelines, and increase efficiency across R&D, manufacturing, and quality control. In addition, we support the enhancement of data quality and ensure sustained compliance with regulatory requirements.

Harnessing the benefits of advanced lab and production digitalization and automation

- Create a digital-first mindset
- Establish fully automated workflows and enable FAIR data for use in AI-based predictions & simulations
- Breaking silos: Establish first automated data generation workflows
- FAIR data management: Master and meta data are digitized, harmonized, and curated to be ready-to-use for AI applications
- Lab devices and systems are integrated in leading lab systems to ensure digitalized data capture
- Structure data across isolated systems
- Analyze legacy processes to identify areas of limited data use
- Map isolated devices and manual data handling

Our services

for the digital transformation of the pharmaceutical industry.
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R&D and QC Laboratory Digitalization Services

In pharmaceutical research and quality control laboratories, complexity and requirements are increasing significantly: stricter regulations, rapidly growing data volumes from a wide range of instruments and systems, and increasingly interconnected and sophisticated laboratory workflows. At the same time, expectations for transparency, data integrity, and the ability to deliver results quickly, reproducibly, and in an audit-ready manner continue to rise. However, isolated instruments, lack of interoperability, manual data capture, and fragmented laboratory IT prevent end-to-end processes and create avoidable sources of error. In this environment, maintaining both innovation speed and process reliability is becoming increasingly challenging.

We support you in mastering challenges and successfully advancing your digitalization and automation roadmap for pharmaceutical laboratories.

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Software services for data-driven pharmaceutical production

Those responsible for pharmaceutical production are under enormous pressure today: increasing regulatory requirements, increasingly complex plant networks, high quality standards, and the growing need to make data from a wide variety of sources secure and usable. At the same time, expectations for efficiency, process stability, and traceability are growing—but fragmented IT landscapes, manual steps, and a lack of data continuity are slowing many companies down. In this tense environment, the profitability of production is increasingly at risk.

We partner with you to overcome challenges and future-proof your roadmap for data-driven production in the pharmaceutical industry.

Your benefits

When you work with us, you benefit from our in-depth expertise in laboratories and manufacturing processes in regulated environments. Our experienced colleagues provide forward-thinking technology consultancy tailored to the pharma industry, combined with a deep understanding of workflows and environments and a versatile tech stack for software development, testing and maintenance.

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    Seamless integration and flexibility

    We prioritize open interoperability with standards like SiLA 2, OPC UA, AnIML, and Allotrope, helping you avoid vendor lock-in. Our experienced interoperability and data standards experts ensure your systems adapt to the future needs of data-centric plug-and-play integration solutions, even in dynamic global environments.

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    Expertise and reliability

    With our extensive experience in Pharma, Labtech, and Medtech, we provide you with expert knowledge of GxP requirements, cybersecurity aspects and data integrity standards, ensuring compliance and reducing risks. As part of the ZEISS Group we provide you long-term stability and the support of a global innovation leader, delivering sustained value for you.

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    Accelerated innovation through collaboration

    Our collaborative approach fosters strategic networks and cross-industry ecosystems. We work closely with Pharma and Labtech stakeholders to develop strategic alliances and leverage synergies from similar projects, enabling you to benefit from shared knowledge and faster implementation of innovative, future-proof solutions tailored to your specific challenges.

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    Tailored solutions to meet your goals

    Whether you need specialized expertise from one of our colleagues, such as developing a SiLA 2 server for a device, or comprehensive project teams, for example to create a GMP-ready lab IT architecture, we customize our services to align with your specific objectives to drive your roadmap forward.

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    Regulatory-ready quality & compliance

    We value the highest quality and are certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001 and DIN EN ISO 27001. Our teams are also used to working in a 13485-regulated customer environment.

Let’s work together

to create digitalized and automated processes today to improve people health tomorrow!

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Expert Interviews Report

How can lab digitalization and automation help pharmaceutical companies

on their way to AI-driven drug development?
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Centralized and reliable data for more process quality

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Our tech capabilities

to unlock your scalable and secure digital innovations.

At ZEISS Digital Innovation, we provide end-to-end digitalization services designed to empower your business. Discover our comprehensive tech stack that supports the creation of innovative, scalable, and secure solutions tailored to your needs.

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