M. Damodharan (CDO), PhD, is chief quality officer at Sai Life Sciences. He possesses more than 30 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. His vision to build future AI ready pharma organization, he is envisioned to apply AI and ML to improve pharmaceutical quality and productivity, leading impactful implementations such as manufacturing failure prediction models, and AI-driven retro synthesis for discovery.
This article examines how modern automation platforms create the digital foundation required for Pharma 4.0 by integrating manufacturing systems, centralized data management, Industrial Internet of Things connectivity, electronic batch production records, and AI-driven analytics.
