GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals’ MD tells Scrip how the company has been able to reinvent itself, contemporize brands and get supply chain innovation right as the UK-headquartered firm marks 100 years of operations in India. GSK’s equivalent of the 'Amazon model' for vaccine ordering and the new temples of industry are some of the other facets the executive discussed in the first instalment of this two-part interview. 

A senior McKinsey executive discusses trends in the CDMO sector amid geopolitical tensions, the spurt in customer queries at Indian firms and also facets of the deals scenario.

A redistribution of pharma outsourcing activities, both ex-China and also a wider shift in CDMO work from North America down the line may be in store. A senior McKinsey executive discusses with Scrip these trends in the CDMO sector amid geopolitical tensions, the spurt in customer queries at Indian firms and also facets of the deals scenario.

Kamil Hamied, son of Cipla’s outgoing vice-chair M K Hamied, is set to re-join the company as non-executive director, following his "entrepreneurial journey." Does it signal a shift in the promoter group’s immediate considerations amid past stake sale speculation or mark routine top-level executive changes?

Kamil Hamied, son of Cipla’s outgoing vice-chair M K Hamied, is set to re-join the company as non-executive director, following his "entrepreneurial journey." Does it signal a shift in the promoter group’s immediate considerations amid past stake sale speculation or mark routine top-level executive changes?

"Illegal" copies of Pfizer’s Lorbriqua and Eli Lilly’s Verzenio have been seen making their way to India allegedly via manufacturers in Bangladesh. The US multinationals are engaged in a legal battle in India to tackle the ‘infringement’ amid wider concerns around inadequate regulatory oversight.