Evotec's CEO and Takeda’s president of R&D provide insights around how India could shape its efforts to accelerate biopharma innovation. Backing the right technologies, fostering a culture to "stop losses" early on for projects that don't work and learning from China’s overhaul of its healthcare system were among the key takeaways.

Industry leaders including Sanofi's ex-CEO and the chiefs of Sun, Lupin, Glenmark, Dr Reddy’s and Cipla discuss how India could leapfrog its pharma R&D efforts. Could the South Korea model or a hybrid approach including bringing back top talent bolster the country’s efforts to emerge as a global innovation hot spot?

FDA officials outline the impact of using alternative tools to assess manufacturing facilities amid COVID-19 and share key experiences around these, including with remote interactive evaluations.

Janssen’s Troy Sarich outlines why it’s hard to emulate randomized controlled trials with real-world evidence studies, emphasizing that the two are “not in competition.” He also highlights the huge strides made by AI-driven technology firms to provide “research-ready” structured data and new game-changing advances in the area of health sensors.

Industry leaders and experts, including executives from McKinsey, Eight Roads Ventures and Novartis, share global best practices, insights and expectations around how India could accelerate its journey towards becoming a biopharma innovation hub.

Challenging phase for Alembic as continued price erosion in the US hurts earnings, while a compliance re-inspection by the FDA at an injectables site results in 10 observations. Investors believe US sales may have bottomed out at current levels but can the Indian firm bounce back quickly?