The Next Frontier: How India Could Up Its Game In Biopharma Innovation

Industry leaders and experts, including executives from McKinsey, Eight Roads Ventures and Novartis, share global best practices, insights and expectations around how India could accelerate its journey towards becoming a biopharma innovation hub.

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Can India's Big Biopharma Innovation Push Deliver? • Source: Alamy

As India gears to emerge as an innovation hub moving beyond its prowess in the generics space, top biopharma executives and experts provided plenty of food for thought at a recent summit to the country’s administration and regulators around what it actually takes to build a vibrant ecosystem and accelerate this journey. Drawing from global best practices emerged as an important theme.

Addressing the Global Innovation Summit - 2021, Jake Henry, senior partner and co-leader of McKinsey’s Global Life Sciences Practice, underscored...

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