Anju Ghangurde

Anju Ghangurde

Executive Editor, APAC

India

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.

Latest from Anju Ghangurde

Menarini’s APAC CEO On Harnessing Digital Channels, RWE And BD Engine

In the final part of an interview with Scrip, Menarini’s Asia-Pacific CEO talks about the group’s digital capabilities, including their impact on a shortage issue in Australia, and leveraging RWE to inform healthcare practices across the region. The Italian company is also revving up its business development and alliance engine.

Asia Deal Watch: Daiichi Taps Into Wayfinder’s RNA-Encoding Platform

Plus deals involving Elix/PRISM, Rege/Syros, Kaken/KalVista, Dr. Reddy’s/Aurigene/Edity, Nissan Chemical/Sanwa, Lupin/Renascience, Shionogi/Link Medicine, Abbisko/Merck & Co., Ono/Reborna and Apollomics/LaunXp.

India Signals ‘Systemic Changes’ In CGT Regulatory Approach

India is pressing ahead with “big shifts” in its regulatory approach for cell and gene therapies. Reduced “layers of review”, tighter internal timelines, upcoming guidelines to facilitate CGT development and reforms in the constitution of expert committees are some of the key changes.

US Tariffs And Manufacturing Concentration: Double-Edged Sword?

India and the US are the major manufacturers of finished dosages for the US market in terms of volume (China accounts for 9% of injectables), though the US relies heavily on India for solid oral dosage forms and specific generics, including lenalidomide and albuterol. Scrip talks to experts on some of the key implications of geographic concentration of production for the US market amid the specter of tariffs.

Vocal For ‘Glocal’: How Menarini Is Adapting To Outperform In The Asia Pacific

Menarini's Asia-Pacific CEO talks to Scrip about how the Italian group is tailoring its portfolio and pricing approach to local markets making strong strides in primary care and consumer health, while also charting a distinct path in rare diseases and oncology. The China market is also a key focus including as a potential source of innovation as is partnering, where the group has a rich history.

How Big Pharma Is Redefining, Scaling India GCCs Amid Tech Advances

Senior executives from AstraZeneca, BMS, Novo Nordisk, Takeda and Regeneron outline how big pharma's global capability centers (GCCs) in India are evolving beyond cost efficiency, focusing on innovation, “agile experimentation” and new technology including GenAI, virtual & augmented reality, with some positioned as COEs. Will Indian multinationals use the GCC approach?