
Manish Garg takes a midyear look back at his 2026 predictions: AI's shift from speed to strategy, supply chain resilience, and why NDC-12 is the next DSCSA moment.

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Manish Garg takes a midyear look back at his 2026 predictions: AI's shift from speed to strategy, supply chain resilience, and why NDC-12 is the next DSCSA moment.

Pharmaceutical serialization must evolve from regulatory compliance into operational intelligence, addressing hidden failures like exception overload, certificate expiry, and 3PL complexity.

A framework for 2026 that moves beyond manual AI onboarding toward "zero-lag" integration for pharmaceutical manufacturing.