The importance of Pharma 4.0 to innovation leads in India

In this latest episode from the CPHI Podcast Series, Digital Editor Lucy Chard speaks to Sanjay Sharma, Global Head of Manufacturing, from Dr Reddy’s. Sanjay has over 26 years of experience in roles encompassing sales, the supply chain, and technical operations.Pharma 4.0 is the upgrading of the pharma industry to a more digitalised state, including automation of processes and greater system integration. This has a wealth of advantages, such as leading to greater compliance and quality control in the manufacturing process. Pharma 4.0 also leads to increasing the sustainability of many aspects of the pharmaceutical chain. Dr Reddy’s is a leading pharmaceutical company and is at the forefront of adopting industry 4.0 into their everyday systems. Dr Reddy’s largest manufacturing facility in Bachupally, Hyderabad, India, recently joined the Global Lighthouse Network of the World Economic Forum, a network of over 100 manufacturing companies committed to developing and leading the progression into Industry 4.0 technologies. This commitment from Dr Reddy’s will help to reduce manufacturing costs, production lead time, and energy consumption, as well as increasing the quality assurance throughout the manufacturing process.