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THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK: TECH, TALENT, TRANSFORMATION

Industry visionaries came together to shape the future of Indian pharma under the theme 'Leadership for the Next Leap' at Pharma Leadership and Innovation (PLI) Conclave 2025. The event explored strategies to drive innovation, sustainability and global leadership

COMPACTROL®: A new age diluent for pharma and nutra industries

COMPACTROL®, specially processed calcium sulfate dihydrate powder, is suitable as a filler in tablets manufactured by direct compression. It is also an effective diluent for two-piece hard capsule filling application

PUP SIT Assembly

Understanding the \"PUP SIT Assembly\" in the Single-Use Biopharmaceutical Industry

TRUTH interchangeable glass syringe

Top Syringe exports its products to over 40 countries worldwide and counting, keeping a single quality standard for local and export products

Highly flexible blister production at Remedica

The blister machines and cartoners at Remedica's manufacturing site in Limassol, Cyprus, are arranged in-line in a so-called Z-layout. Romaco tailored the configuration to meet Remedica's needs exactly

Ensuring clean room integrity with Prime Clean Reset high-speed doors

These high-speed doors are meticulously engineered to minimise air leakage and maintain strict environmental control, making them indispensable for clean room operations

Being complacent in pharma quality: Five minutes to midnight

Dr Sumedha Nadkar, Pharma Consultant and Visiting Faculty, shares a hard hitting article which highlights that complacency in pharma quality can have devastating consequences, eroding hard- earned trust and endangering lives. She urges that urgent action is needed to safeguard its reputation and reinforce ethical responsibility

India's CRDMO sector growth potential at $22 - $25 bn by 2035: BCG-IPSO Report

Report states that India's CRDMO sector is poised for rapid growth with strong fundamentals and global realignments, focusing on leading-edge science and technology, Excerpts from the report

Leadership evolution in India's pharma sector in 2025

As the sector adapts to technological advancements, regulatory requirements, and increasing competition, several leadership role trends are emerging to drive global growth and innovation, highlights Tarunesh Madan, Co-Managing Partner, Amrop India

Flexotherm Heating Tapes & Cords

lexotherm Heating Tape ensures uniform heating in incubators, laboratory reactors, and diagnostic equipment

Adaptive safety for the smart factory

In today's industry, safety is a key factor. Hard-wired safety systems immediately shut down machines in the event of safety-critical events, making maintenance work more difficult for service personnel.

Balancing MAGA and MIGA

Pharma experts scouring the joint statement issued at the end of the talks between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump seized on para 18 of the 33-point statement which expands on the US-India TRUST (Transforming the Relationship Utilising Strategic Technology) initiative.

Revamping multi-tier distribution: Ensuring consistent availability for India's pharma growth

Chandrachur Datta, Partner, Vector Consulting Group explores how revamping the multi-tier distribution system with a demand-driven approach can optimise inventory, improve stockist efficiency, and ensure seamless access to medicines, benefiting pharma companies, stockists, and patients alike

Shaping the future of India's pharmaceutical operations

The McKinsey & Company report analyses India's pharma landscape, highlighting disruptions, opportunities, and strategic priorities for companies aiming for accelerated and sustained global leadership

Integrated research campuses: Future of Hyderabad's life sciences industry

Vishal Goel, MD, RX Propellant outlines how transitioning from isolated industrial clusters to integrated research campuses can drive collaboration, accelerate commercialisation, reduce infrastructure costs, and enhance sustainability

Hyderabad to host the seventh edition of PPL Conclave 2025

With the theme 'Powering Innovation, Sustainability, Leadership,' PPL Conclave 2025 will serve as a critical platform for thought leadership, knowledge exchange, and strategic networking

Pharma's strategic path to growth in the nutra maze

The nutraceutical market is a thriving ecosystem of opportunities. For pharma companies, it's a space where the allure of a $11.55 billion pie by 2030 is tempered by a maze of regulatory grey zones, stiff competition, and trust-eroding marketing practices.

PRIME NEO from Gandhi Automations

Gandhi Automation's PRIME NEO High Speed Doors are designed to provide superior sealing and resistance to pressure differences for clean rooms. And the added advantage is that it is absolutely washable

AI smart camera for real-time automation

Integrated asset management functionality and a deep learning tool for training and evaluation keep productivity high and costs low

PROSOLV® 730: Directly compressible carrier for lipophilic ingredients

Nearly 90% of molecules in the discovery pipeline and 40% of drugs with market approval are poorly water soluble.

Complete environmental monitoring solution - testo Saveris Pharma

testo Saveris Pharma monitors and documents temperature, humidity, differential pressure, and other parameters without interruption and compliantly with GxP so that audits and inspections are conducted smoothly

The unmissable Asia healthcare opportunity

BCG's latest report, The Unmissable Asia Healthcare Opportunity, highlights the region's $5 trillion healthcare market potential by 2030, driven by demographic shifts, investment, and innovation.

2025: Healthcare and Lifesciences investment outlook

Kapil Khandelwal, Managing Partner, Toro Finserve and EquNev Capital, interprets the possibilities for the various segments of the Indian lifesciences and healthcare sector for this year

The group's offerings range from over a billion injection doses annually to bespoke medical machinery

Rishad Dadachanji, MD, Dadachanji Group speaks on the company's evolution from a pharma packaging company to a diversified solutions provider in biotechnology, automation, and sterile processing.

DECODING THE M&A LANDSCAPE

Consolidation has emerged as a major trend as the pharma industry seeks new avenues of growth and looks to expand its existing capabilities.

Evolution and commercialisation of cell and gene therapies

Satyen Sanghavi, Founder & CSO, Regrow Biosciences traces the evolution of cell and gene therapies, highlighting global milestones, industry growth, and reimbursement models.

Our vision is to make cutting-edge therapies accessible to Indian patients

Amit Mookim, CEO, Immuneel Therapeutics, discusses the launch of Qartemi, India's first CAR T-cell therapy, and the company's vision to make advanced cell and gene therapies accessible and affordable for Indian patients.

CILICANT is changing the way we think about active packaging

Team CILICANT shared insights into their journey of innovation, customer-centric solutions, and their ambitious plans for global expansion. In this engaging dialogue, the team also shed light on their unique value proposition, recent achievements, and strategies for adapting to a rapidly evolving pharma landscape, in an exclusive conversation with Express Pharma

KPMG 2024 Life Sciences CEO Outlook

This recent KPMG report explores the perspectives and priorities of life sciences CEOs amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty, focusing on growth strategies, digital transformation, ESG goals, and workforce challenges. Excerpts from the report

Nutraceuticals 2025: Mapping growth, innovation, and consumer-centric trends

Industry experts highlight the evolving dynamics, regulatory needs, and personalised solutions driving the nutra market ahead of 2025