Sun Pharma’s founder and MD shares with Scrip his views on some key big picture issues, including leveraging pandemic-related regulatory experience for urgently needed products, expectations in the US market, the outlook for M&A, and the potential of e-pharmacies in India.

Scrip takes a look at the key trends that could play out in 2021 to shape the trajectory of Indian drug makers, including evolving dynamics in the US under a new president. Thorny India-China relations will add a layer of complexity, while firms may also want to look beyond the chief information officers as they ramp up digital engagement.

The entry of tech giants Amazon and Alphabet into healthcare has the potential to disrupt the industry, but can established pharma players partner with them in the move towards a customer and data-oriented future? Panelists from Gilead, Merck KGaA, Bristol-Myers Squibb and others deliberated the question at a recent summit.