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Dr Reddy's On Digitization Amid COVID-19, 'Lights-Out' Manufacturing

Remote Inspections Were 'Good Learning'

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

Dr Reddy’s global head of quality outlines how the company leveraged digitization to keep plants running at full throttle amid the pandemic and went on to operationalize a site for remdesivir designed as a "lights out" facility. Certain facilities at the Indian firm have also undergone remote inspections by major regulatory agencies.

Ganadhish Kamat, Global Head Of Quality, Dr Reddy's Laboratories

COVID-19 brought with it unprecedented change on the operational front for pharma, with firms accelerating digitization and adopting and scaling a bevy of new technologies to keep plants chugging along and employees safe, while also also requiring gearing for remote inspections by regulators.

Front-line Indian companies such as Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. may have had a head-start, having opted for digitization initiatives...

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