Driving Innovations In Pharmaceutical Industry

Q1. Could you start by giving us a brief overview of your professional background, particularly focusing on your expertise in the industry?

Appointments: Director – NGB Laboratories Pvt Ltd, Independent Director – Entod Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Independent Director Zodiac JRD MKJ Ltd.

Consulting: Advisor with multiple leading firms and also platforms like GLG, Guidepoint, Atheneum, Knowledge ridge, etc., due to the vast range of topics being delivered regularly via personal visits, phone & video calls, surveys, and reports.
Corporate strategy & transformation: Market entry, expansion, and transformation for Indian and international companies 

M&A: Integration of multiple corporations, including US-based MNC, divestitures & acquisitions of sites and products.

Business development: In/out-licensing, co-marketing, brand launches and life cycle management, tenders, new product development, techno-commercial marketing & sales deployment for a wide range of products & services using CRM.

Legal: Patent, pricing based on product class under various statutes like DPCO, GST, royalty, transfer pricing, statutory litigations under the D & C Act, and other applicable laws. Part of the team that successfully protected US patents against infringers. 

Manufacturing & Procurement: Product development & tech transfer, localization, registrations, commercial supplies streamlining, KPI, efficiencies on COGS and process time, unlocking inventory value, digital & AI, …