About the author

Dr. Ralf Eisenbrandt

Dr. Ralf Eisenbrandt is Vice President and Head Global Operations Consumables at Roche Diagnostics International AG. This engineer, who received his doctorate in biotechnology at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, has worked for Roche for nearly 20 years. He has held numerous leadership positions within the company in Switzerland, Germany, and Brazil.