Professor Wallhäußer Award for Innovations in GMP and Pharmaceutical Technology
The new Professor Wallhäußer 2025 Award for Innovations in GMP and Pharmaceutical Technology was presented at GMP PharmaCongress & GMP PharmaTechnica 2025.
Altogether 14 projects were submitted for the Innovation Award 2025, from which the jury selected three finalists. In recognition of the project "Production of Small-Volume Batches using the Low Pressure Fluid Transfer System „Sartophague", the Innovation Award 2025, endowed with EUR 5,000 went jointly to Roche Diagnostics and Sartorius Stedim Italy. For the jury, this proposal represented the best combination of technical innovation and process simplification. Second place was awarded to WILCO for their project "Automated visual inspection for small scale production", while third place went to KyooBe Tech for their project "eFIT Platform – a ground-breaking Solution for Pathogen Inactivation in Vaccine Production".
Professor Wallhäußer Award 2025 - 14 Submissions
This year, 14 entries were submitted for the award, which is endowed with 5,000 euros, from which a 13-member committee will select a winner. The following proposals were submitted this year:
- Production of Small-Volume Batches using the Low Pressure Fluid Transfer System ‘Sartophague’
Roche Diagnostics
Sartorius - Using Artificial Intelligence to streamline the Discrepancy Management process in a regulated pharmaceutical environment
Boehringer Ingelheim - Single use systems in aseptic processing, sterility risk mitigation using a point of use integrity test
Merck Serono - Automated visual inspection for small scale production
Wilco AG - Smart panel, a main device in context of interaction, process control and proactive, automated decision making
Boehringer Ingelheim
Fraunhofer IML - LUnA Project - Sustainable Heat and Cooling Systems, Abbvie Germany
Refolution Industriekälte - Instant Flow Monitoring at the Point-Of-Use with the SONOFLOW CO.55 SD V3.0 Flow Meter with Touch Display
Sonotec - Revolutionising Oral Solid Dosage Manufacturing: Fully Automated Batch Execution in an Advanced Automation
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik
Bayer - 9th Mobius Final Filtration System aka ‘Pupsit Skid
Merck - New innovative aseptic Diaphragm Valves GEMÜ D40 and GEMÜ D41
GEMÜ - eFIT Platform- a ground-breaking Solution for Pathogen Inactivation in Vaccine Production
KyooBe Tech - Digital Energy Twin with pCube
Conpeg - Pioneering Process Optimisation with Aseptic Tank Bottom Valves: For a Sustainable Future Tank bottom valve GEMÜ P40
GEMÜ - Surface Optimisation of Stainless Steels for Apparatus and Vessels in the Pharmaceutical Food and Process Engineering Industries
Bolz Intec, Germany
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Gümpel Werkstoffberatung
The award ceremony will take place as part of the PharmaCongress 2025 on 8/09 April in Wiesbaden, which will once again feature around 100 presentations from the fields of pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical production, pharmaceutical technology, quality assurance and quality control. Or visit the acompanying PharmaTechnica with round about 120 Exhibitors and 16 Live Demos.
The Professor Wallhäußer Innovation Award Committee
The Steering Committee of the GMP PharmaCongress & PharmaTechnica selects the award winners from the proposals submitted and its own research. The members are:
- Dr Friedrich Haefele, formerly Boehringer Ingelheim
- Dr Sabine Hauck, dequra pharma consult
- Dr Burkart Gödde, Roche Diagnostics
- Johannes Krämer, CSL Behring
- Gerald Mathe, PPT
- Gert Moelgaard, former ISPE Chairman
- Jörg Zimmermann, Vetter Pharma-Fertigung
As well as from Concept Heidelberg: Axel Schroeder, Dr Andreas Mangel, Dr Robert Eicher, Dr Andrea Kühn-Hebecker, Oliver Schmidt.