Novartis Development Head On The India Hub, AI And Not Doing ‘Me Too’ Stuff In Obesity

Novartis president, development and chief medical officer talks about the pivotal role of the development India hub in progressing breakthrough drugs, how AI is delivering gains in the trials arena, driving focus in the R&D engine and the Swiss group’s approach in the obesity space.

Novartis President, Development and CMO — Novartis president, development and chief medical officer (Novartis)

“If I think of my well-functioning development machine as let’s say a V12 engine with 12 cylinders, cylinders four, five, six and seven and at different times eight are in Hyderabad.”

That’s how Novartis president, development and chief medical officer Dr Shreeram Aradhye described the contribution of the development India hub...