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Indian CEOs On Plugging Quality Gaps: Yes We Can

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

The leaders of six leading Indian firms were unequivocal that there is room for improvement on the quality front at a recent conference in Mumbai, but they also emphasized senior management engagement and resolve to get a "quality movement" going in their respective firms and in the domestic industry, in general.

The heads of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Cipla Ltd., Lupin Ltd. and Zydus Cadila sat through day-long sessions at the India Pharmaceutical Forum 2016, where officials from FDA, the United Kingdom's Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the European Medicines Agency identified critical issues around quality challenges.

The Indian industry leaders, in the closing session, then outlined how they hoped to tackle some of these concerns.

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