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NAVIGATING AVUCA WORLD
From supply disruptions to rising operational uncertainty, geopolitics is reshaping the pharma landscape. Experts discuss what it will take for organisations to stay resilient and future-ready
3 min |
June 2026
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Quality under pressure: Strengthening continuity amid geopolitical uncertainty
One of the most persistent risks facing Indian pharma manufacturers is the industry's heavy dependence on China for KSMs and APIs. For decades, this arrangement offered cost advantages that were difficult to resist. Today, however, that dependence is being exposed as a serious quality liability, cautions
8 min |
June 2026
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Ecocool®: A next-generation cooling agent for advanced formulations
Ecocool® supports patient-centric oral formulations with sustained cooling, taste masking and compatibility across multiple dosage forms to improve palatability and compliance.
3 min |
June 2026
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OPTIMA India: Growth and commitment to the market
India is one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical markets worldwide and is increasingly becoming a hub of innovation for biosimilars, injectables, cell and gene, ADC’s and complex biologics.
3 min |
June 2026
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Indian Pharmacopoeia 2026: Raising the bar for quality standards of medicines
Abdul Nazar K, Government Analyst, Kerala, Expert Working Group member of the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), and Research Scholar at the Faculty of Public Health, SRIHER, Chennai, examines the significance of the Indian Pharmacopoeia 2026 and highlights how the latest edition aligns Indian pharmaceutical benchmarks with global standards
4 min |
June 2026
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Ensuring pharma compliance with testo data measurement technology
Testo highlights the importance of end-to-end climate monitoring, data compliance, and calibration systems in helping pharmaceutical companies maintain controlled storage, transport, and production environments for medicines, vaccines, laboratory samples, and blood products
3 min |
June 2026
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Financial strategies for uncertain times
Inspite of current geopolitical disruptions, both larger pharma enterprises and smaller promoter-driven entities are playing for the long term, balancing near-term financial prudence while laying the foundation for measured, even aggressive, future bets
7 min |
June 2026
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The winds reshaping Indian pharma supply chains
As the era of hyper-globalisation appears to have run its course,with geopolitics increasingly shaping geoeconomics, Indian pharma supply chains are being forced to rethink resilience, adapt to disruption, and prepare for a far more unpredictable global environment
9 min |
June 2026
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Indore Pharma Summit: Mapping the future of India pharma
From AI and smart manufacturing to sustainability, quality culture, faster drug development, and CDMO opportunities, the summit highlighted how India’s pharma industry is preparing for a more innovation-led and globally competitive future.
10 min |
June 2026
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PROSOLV® SMCC 50 - A high-functional excipient from JRS Pharma
The development of co-processed, multi-functional excipients has enabled formulators to address multiple challenges with a single excipient, resulting in enhanced production and better finished product quality.
3 min |
June 2026
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Advancing biopharma excellence: Precision humidity control and capability building
As biopharma manufacturing evolves, capability building, contract manufacturing, and precision humidity control are becoming central to quality and compliance
1 min |
June 2026
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EXPRESS PHARMA WORLD EXPO The platform for India Pharma Inc's next leap
Scheduled as a three-day event (March 3-5, 2027), the expo is not just a traditional trade show, but a media-powered business platform built to facilitate high-value conversations, enable partnerships and accelerate decision-making across the pharma ecosystem
3 min |
June 2026
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Driving a new era of logistics excellence with Armstrong Dematic
As pharma supply chains grow more complex, Armstrong Dematic is enabling faster, compliant, and automated logistics operations through advanced intralogistics solutions.
4 min |
June 2026
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Future will belong to collaborative and implementation-focused ecosystems
As India’s pharma cold chain industry evolves to support biologics, vaccines and other temperature-sensitive therapies, the focus is shifting toward compliance, digitalisation and workforce competency. Sarvesh Chaubey, Founder, National Accreditation Body for Cold Chain Management (NAB-CCM), shares insights on the sector’s key challenges and the importance of building a more integrated and resilient cold chain ecosystem
3 min |
June 2026
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The arrival of digital twins in drug development
The FDA's pivot away from animal testing and toward AI-generated patient avatars is reshaping what counts as evidence for drug approval. Dr Rajpushpa Labh, Consultant Physician, health-tech entrepreneur, and AI researcher examines whether India’s pharma industry is building the right capabilities, or just the adjacent ones?
10+ min |
June 2026
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The new playbook for pharma manufacturing
Freight disruption, energy volatility, raw material dependencies and geopolitical tensions are reshaping pharma manufacturing. As a result, leaders must move beyond cost optimisation and build systems designed for resilience, flexibility and continuity
5 min |
June 2026
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Kerala makes its MedTech intentions clear at DIA-KMTC Conference 2026
The two-day DIA-KMTC MedTech Conference in Thiruvananthapuram brought together regulators, industry leaders, clinicians, and innovators to have an honest conversation about where India's medical technology sector needs to go and what it will take to get there
7 min |
June 2026
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Resilience: The new mantra for R&D
Geopolitical fragmentation is accelerating the shift toward regional trials, localised manufacturing, and flexible drug development models across the pharma industry
8 min |
June 2026
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Closing the gap: How true closed systems in Single-Use liquid handling are redefining contamination control
For decades, the biopharmaceutical industry has pursued a single ambition in aseptic manufacturing: eliminate contamination risk without compromising agility.
6 min |
June 2026
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Indian pharma and healthcare M&A: Why legal due diligence defines the deal
As India’s pharma and healthcare M&A landscape enters a new phase of strategic consolidation, regulatory risk is becoming the defining factor in deal value and execution. Biplab Lenin, Partner, and Pratiti Shah, Senior Associate, at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas examine why legal due diligence has become central to protect high-value acquisitions from costly liabilities
3 min |
June 2026
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Romaco launches Tecpharm 400 tablet coater and VENTILUS Lab processor at interpack
Romaco introduces the Tecpharm 400 tablet coater and VENTILUS Lab fluid bed processor for pharmaceutical coating, granulation, drying and laboratory-scale applications at interpack
5 min |
June 2026
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The regulatory landscape in India is becoming more structured and globally aligned
Raay Neo Pharma has officially unveiled its operations with the aim to contribute to quality healthcare for all Indians. The company will be introducing its range of more than 90 formulations in both acute and specialised therapy segments, along with promising pipeline of novel formulations under development. Amit Patni, Founder, Raay Neo Pharma discusses the company’s market strategy, therapeutic focus areas, quality and compliance framework, affordability approach, and investments in indigenous R&D, in an interview
4 min |
June 2026
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Standardisation vs customisation in single-use systems for bioprocessing: What do biopharma companies need?
Priyabrata Pattnaik, CEO, Ami Polymer highlights the balance between standardisation and customisation in single - use systems in biopharma manufacturing
5 min |
May 2026
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Ensuring Pharma compliance with testo data measurement technology
Due to the crucial necessity and its direct impact on human health and welfare, Pharma is probably the most important and critical sector among others.
3 min |
May 2026
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China+1 moment for pharma: How India can convert opportunity into long-term contracts
Manish Jain, Director, Naprod Life Sciences explains how India must move beyond cost advantage to lead with reliability, quality, and transparency to reshape global pharma supply chains and position itself as a trusted, long-term partner
3 min |
May 2026
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Beyond scale: Rethinking new frontiers in building excellence
At the Injectable Innovations Conclave 2026, hosted by Express Pharma, industry leaders examined the trends, technologies and strategies shaping the next phase of injectable growth, reports
10 min |
May 2026
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Waters receives CE mark for BD BACTEC FXI Culture System under EU IVDR
Next-generation blood culture system records ~3-hour faster detection time and introduces automated blood volume measurement
2 min |
May 2026
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JNPC: Carrying forward a 20-year old legacy
Billed as India's first bulk drug, chemicals and allied manufacturing parks and one of the most successful public-private partnerships (PPP) in the pharma sector, the Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City (JNPC), also known as Visakha Pharma City, was set up in February 2005 as a PPP initiative by the Govt of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) through its nodal agency Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) with the Ramky Group on a Build-Own-Operate (BOO) basis for 20 years.
3 min |
May 2026
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Romaco's sustainable blister packaging line at interpack
At this year's interpack, the Romaco Group will present its sustainable Unity 600 high-speed blister packaging line, featuring – for the first time – the PF 75 stretch bander.
6 min |
May 2026
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Even drug-resistant cancer targets can be tackled with the right design strategy
Dr Bajarang Kumbhar, Assistant Professor, Sunandan Divatia School of Science, NMIMS Mumbai, explains how Al-driven computational biology is reshaping CAR-T therapy and highlights how these approaches help cut drug discovery timelines and improve targeted, personalised cancer treatment, in an interaction with Kalyani Sharma
7 min |