“The things I hear about when I walk around the floors in Hyderabad are the things that are on my desk as CEO of Novartis,” said Vas Narasimhan at a press meet last year, referring to the increasingly pivotal contribution of the company’s Global Capability Center (GCC) in India to the Swiss group’s global operations.
Big Pharma GCCs In India: From Back-Office Ops To Innovation Catalysts
India is seeing a flurry of activity with big pharma either establishing or expanding their global capability centers in the country. Can these hubs reshape the contours of industry’s operating model across a range of functions and perhaps spawn a pipeline of new leaders along the way?
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