Indian Pharma Supply Chain: Making Right Quality, Right Time, Right Patient a Reality

Abstract

Global supply chain, catering to any industry, plays a crucial role in navigating the product to the
right customer or consumer. Pharmaceutical supply chains are driven by the same need to fulfil the
demands of the market. With Indian Pharma market being stringently regulated and the various
opportunities it offers, the supply chain plays a key role in delivering a safe and efficacious product.
India being the hub for generics and with exports close to exceeding the imports, it becomes
important to have a strong supply chain. This is because the products need to be safe and the quality
is supposed to be the prime aspect that needs to be governed. Supply chain logistics ensure that the
products remain safe in transit. This coupled with the boom in the biologics market has led to a boom
Indian Pharma supply chain is now more than ever. With many challenges which can some in the
way, it becomes crucial to understand and navigate our way through them to obtain a superior
system, which is both reliable and efficient. A changing market brings about various opportunities
which can be exploited to raise the bar of this industry. Thus, this article talks about the growth of
Pharma Supply Chain in India and Worldwide, the need to transform supply chain and discusses the
challenges and opportunities faced by cold chain and solid dosage form supply chain. It also brushes
on the reasons why India is considered as the Pharmacy of the World. With such a dynamic market,
especially because of COVID-19 pandemic, it becomes important to understand and reinvent the
supply chain to provide the boost this industry deserves.