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18 edition of CPHI & PMEC India 2025 to be held from 25-27 Nov 2025 at IEML, Greater Noida
Organised by Informa Markets in India, the 18th edition of CPHI & PMEC India 2025 is scheduled from November 25-27, 2025, at the India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR. The event will bring together over 2,000 exhibitors and 35,000+ industry professionals, buyers, and investors from India, Southeast Asia, and across the globe. As India’s pharma industry gears up for robust expansion, the sector’s total market size is projected to reach $130 billion by 2030 and an impressive $450 billion by 2047, highlighting the country's growing role as a global pharma powerhouse.
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November 2025
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Al in pharma: Disruption, displacement, and a new digital dawn
Dr Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Chairman of the Academy of Digital Health Sciences and Former Advisor to the Health Minister of India, highlights how artificial intelligence is redefining pharma — from workforce structures and business models to the very definition of what a pharmaceutical company will be by 2032
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November 2025
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Contamination control and HVAC must evolve together through training and technology
The HVAC system is not simply a utility in a pharma facility - it is a key enabler of Contamination Control Strategy.
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November 2025
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Strategic shifts in pharma hiring and why it matters
Roop Kaistha, Regional Managing Director, APAC-AMS highlights the evolving talent strategies in pharma and reveals how hiring is becoming a core lever for innovation, resilience, and global competitiveness
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November 2025
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We can help our customers reach markets faster
Merck Life Science recently augmented its Formulation & Technology Center in Navi Mumbai. On a recent tour of the lab, Aditya Sharma, Head of Process Solutions, India Region, Merck Life Science explained to Viveka Roychowdhury how the lab plays a pivotal role in supporting Pharma and biopharmaceutical companies in excipient technology, formulation research and drug delivery to result in high-quality products matching the required dissolution, stability, and efficacy profiles. Excerpts from the interview
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November 2025
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AI and real-world evidence: The next frontier in clinical research
As AI meets real-world evidence, clinical research is moving beyond controlled trials into the realm of real-life data. The result is a smarter, faster, and more equitable path to better healthcare
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November 2025
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India is potentially on track to becoming a $300 billion bioeconomy
Srinath Venkatesh, MD, India & South Asia, Thermo Fisher Scientific, shares insights on the drivers shaping India's biopharma growth, the company's role in building innovation capacity, upcoming investments in Hyderabad's Genome Valley, and how partnerships, policy support, and startup collaborations are accelerating India's move up the value chain, in a freewheeling conversation with Lakshmipriya Nair
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November 2025
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ImasteriConnect™™ - Redefining Sterile Fluid Connection
In the fast-moving world of modern bioprocessing, every connection counts. Sterility, safety, and efficiency are no longer just operational goals — they are the backbone of successful therapies, vaccines, and advanced biologics. Any compromise in fluid transfer can lead to costly downtime, contamination, or even the loss of an entire production batch.
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November 2025
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Flexotherm Heating Tapes & Cords
Typical Applications of Heating Tapes and Cords in Industrial Solvent Handling
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October 2025
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DRIVING INDIA'S INNOVATION EDGE
Pharma leaders come together to highlight Bengaluru's R&D strength, tech ecosystem, and talent pool to power India Pharma Inc's shift from generics to innovation and global leadership
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October 2025
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Al compass: Transforming pharma commercialisation
As the world evolves at a rapid pace, pharma companies are embracing smarter approaches, leveraging Al across nearly every aspect of commercialisation, from market forecasting and personalised marketing to dynamic pricing and beyond. In this article, Neha Aathavale takes the pulse of the industry to explore who is taking note and how companies are beginning to put Al into action in their commercial operations
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October 2025
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PRIME NEO: New age doors from Gandhi Automation
Gandhi Automations presents the multi-composites, high-performance door PRIME NEO for clean environments. Complete Washable, Greater Sealing and Pressure Resistant.
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October 2025
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Unani Medicine: At crossroads of tradition and modernity
Manufacturers, academic institutions and research councils are working together to elevate Unani medicine through clinical validation and policy alignment with international standards, finds Swati Rana
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October 2025
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Single-Use Technologies in Biologics Manufacturing: Benefits, Challenges, and Growing Demand
The biopharmaceutical industry is increasingly adopting single-use technology (SUT) to achieve flexibility, cost efficiency, and faster time-to-market. Compared with stainless steel systems, SUT reduces capital investment, eliminates cleaning and sterilization steps, lowers contamination risk, and shortens production timelines.
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October 2025
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Sustainable packaging with Romaco and Liveo Research
Recycable blister packs
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October 2025
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With India soon to be three times the population of the EU, it makes perfect sense to have manufacturing here
As part of Sweden's Focus Asia programme, a high-level SME delegation recently visited India to strengthen bilateral ties and explore collaborations across sectors including pharma, biotech and others. Building on the momentum of the \"Time for Sweden\" event, the visit underscored Sweden's commitment to innovation, sustainability, and co-creation with India. Among the delegation was Emil Alexander Byström, CEO of SpinChem AB, who in an interaction with Kalyani Sharma shared his insights on how advanced Swedish technologies like biocatalysis and the company's patented Rotating Bed Reactor (RBR) can accelerate India's pharma and biotech innovation journey while supporting sustainable growth.
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October 2025
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Cell therapy's next chapter: Industry embraces in-vivo innovation
Nikhil C Bhanumathi, Principal Clinical Lead, Thermo Fisher Scientific highlights that cell therapy is entering a bold new phase in 2025 as the industry shifts from complex, lab-based ex vivo CAR-T to faster, more accessible in vivo CAR-T innovations. This approach promises to expand access, lower costs, and potentially tackle solid tumors and autoimmune diseases
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October 2025
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Research misconduct ...can delay meaningful and reliable discoveries
Dr Gráinne McNamara, Research Integrity/Publication Ethics Manager, S. Karger AG explores how research misconduct, peer review fraud slow down pharma research. Of particular concern to India is the fact that India-based researchers constitute 5 per cent of articles in life sciences retracted between 1976-2023. India-based researchers also have one of the highest rates of retraction relative to the overall publication output. Over an email exchange with Viveka Roychowdhury, she details how publishers are now deploying AI tools, some of which contributed to the problem in the first place, to detect and avert fraudulent research submissions
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October 2025
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When Moisture Becomes a Hidden Contaminant in Pharma Environments
In pharmaceutical manufacturing, the threat of moisture isn't always visible - but its impact can be significant. Whether it's the clumping of powders, compromised tablet hardness, microbial activity, or rejected batches, excess humidity quietly undermines quality, shelf life, and compliance.
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October 2025
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Turning the tariff tight spot into a sweet spot
US President Trump's fresh salvo of 100 per cent tariffs on branded or patented pharmaceutical products not 'Made in America' finally ends months of suspense. For now, there's a sense of cautious relief among India Pharma that off patent generics, the bulk of our exports to the US, have been exempted.
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October 2025
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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.
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October 2025
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Jan Vishwas Act 2025: Decriminalisation and penalisation of drug offences through compounding
Dr Suresh R Saravdekar, Former Assistant Director, Ministry of Medical Education & Research, Maharashtra & Honorary Consultant, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi informs that with limited resources and overburdened courts, governments are increasingly outsourcing regulation to private or semi-private bodies. In India, this trend is visible in healthcare and pharma, where weak quasi-judicial systems often protect businesses more than the public
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October 2025
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The latest trends in drug discovery
Can gene editing be used as a lifesaving treatment? Could antiviral drugs that target human proteins be more effective than those than target the viruses themselves? The constant evolution of drug discovery is one of the most exciting aspects of modern medicine, and new research is leading to breakthroughs in precision medicine, cancer immunotherapy, neurodegenerative disease detection, and much more. Let's take a closer look at eight key trends happening in drug discovery today.
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October 2025
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FUELING INDIA PHARMA INC'S NEXT LEAP
Experts come together to highlight Chandigarh's rise as a high-value pharma hub, focusing on innovation, compliance, and talent and explore pathways for India Pharma's growth and global excellence
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September 2025
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Powder Bags
In the biopharmaceutical industry, every detail matters.
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September 2025
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India levels up in solving complex drug formulation challenges
Chetan Shah, Director and COO, Senores Pharma highlights India's shift from APIs and generics to becoming a global leader in complex drug formulations. With strong talent, infrastructure, and regulatory expertise, the industry is driving advanced therapies and patient-centric innovations
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September 2025
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A vigilant consumer is half the battle won
Manoj Kochar, President, Authentication Solution Providers' Association (ASPA), in a frank conversation with Viveka Roychowdhury, urges pharma companies to publicly acknowledge the problem of counterfeit medicine, and invest in multi-layered authentication solutions - overt and covert, physical and digital - to deter counterfeiters.
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September 2025
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Pycnogenol® - The Skin’s Matrix Activator (Collagen, Elastin, Hyaluronic Acid)
Healthy skin is well hydrated and shows a high level of elasticity to be able to better deal with external stress such as sun radiation, heat, humidity, changes in temperature or air pollution.
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September 2025
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An orange book of India: The need of the hour
Milind Sathe, VP - IP and Tech, Themis Medicare explains why India's pharma sector urgently needs a transparent, publicly accessible database covering drug approvals, therapeutic equivalence, and patents, an Indian counterpart to the US FDA's Orange Book. He opines that this would enhance regulatory clarity, patient safety, and market competitiveness while supporting innovation and generic drug access
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September 2025
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Heat recovery in fluid bed processes Up to 60% energy saving
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