Anju has been a journalist since 1993 including stints at India's leading financial dailies. She covers a range of topics across the pharma and biosimilar landscape. Drug pricing, policy and regulatory affairs, M&A and patents are areas of special interest to her. She is also a recipient of the British Chevening Scholarship for Young Indian Journalists (2000-01) awarded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
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From continuing consolidation on the home market, big pharma appetite to double down on capability centers and notable R&D advances including traction by a second CAR-T cell therapy, the Indian market looks set for an eventful 2025. Scrip spoke to a cross-section of experts to encapsulate some of the key trends in the first instalment of this two-part roundup.
2024 saw important regulatory changes in India including in areas such as GMP, clinical trials and efforts to rein in unethical marketing practices. Further action is expected to play out in the new year as well.
India cracks down on unethical marketing practices, with AbbVie in the eye of a storm for allegedly violating norms. While the action sends the right signal, a wider clean up including in the devices segment, where things may be “more harmful” may not be easy, say some experts.
The head of AI and automation in drug discovery at Merck KGaA’s life science business talked to Scrip about the company’s AI-powered platform that leverages a “gold mine” of proprietary R&D data, better in silico predictions and the next frontier of AI.
Sanofi's EVP, manufacturing and supply, Brendan O’Callaghan, tells Scrip how modular concept manufacturing at a new site in Singapore can drive efficiencies and minimize downtime, with technologies such as digital twins expected to further improve operational metrics.
Cipla secures regulatory approval for partner MannKind’s Afrezza following a Phase III trial in India. KOLs signal nuanced enthusiasm for the inhaled insulin which is approved in the US and Brazil.