Coronavirus Actions: How Pharma In India Is Handling Safety, Business Continuity
Executive Summary
Scrip contacted a cross section of pharma firms in India to get a sense of how they are handling the extraordinary work-operations-employee well-being situation amid the coronavirus outbreak. Work from home mandates, deploying digital tools wherever possible, cut-back in field activities and daily temperature checks at sites are some of the initiatives set in motion.
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