7th Annual Pharma Packaging, Labelling, Serialization & Supply Chain 2025
7th Annual Pharma Packaging, Labelling, Serialization & Supply Chain 2025
19th August, 2025
Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport, Mumbai, India
5 Reasons to attend the event
Knowledge
Gain insights from experts, researchers, and professionals to stay updated on the latest pharma advancements.
Convenience
Attend sessions from anywhere, eliminating travel hassles while accessing high-quality content at your own pace.
Cutting-Edge Insights
Discover the latest trends, innovations, and breakthroughs shaping the future of the pharmaceutical industry.
Networking
Connect with peers, industry leaders, and collaborators to exchange ideas and explore new opportunities.
Practical Takeaways
Walk away with actionable strategies, real-world case studies, and learn best practices to implement in your work.
Knowledge
Gain insights from experts, researchers, and professionals on the latest pharma advancements.
An Agenda Made For You
High quality content that addresses your biggest challenges and uncovering hidden opportunities.
Cutting-Edge Insights
Explore the latest trends, innovations, and breakthroughs driving the future of the pharmaceutical industry.
Networking
Connect with peers, industry leaders, and collaborators to exchange ideas and explore new opportunities.
Practical Takeaways
Walk away with practical strategies, case studies, and proven best practices to apply in real-time.
Event Speakers
R. M. BAJAJ
FDA
SOMNATH BASU
National Regulatory Authority for Drugs
TRIPTI NAKHARE
FDC
ASHU GUPTA
Koye Pharmaceuticals
CHAKRAVARTHI AVPS
World Packaging Organisation
VENKATESH K
Srikem Laboratories
VAIBHAV SALVI
Sanofi
LOKESH PATEL
URL Aseptic Automation
JOSE C S
Camara Validation & Consulting Services
SUDIPTO BASU
Virbac
BIJOY PETER
GS1
RAJENDRA K K
Glenmark
BHUPESH MITTAL
Bayer
SHRINIWAS S
Themis Medicare
TEJAS MEHTA
Reliance Life Sciences
MINOO BIJU
Piramal Pharma Solutions
B. G. BARVE
Blue Cross Laboratories
AMIT KALE
Reliance Retail
OMPRAKASH S. S
FDA (Former)
ASHOK KUMAR B
Takeda (Former)
GIRIJESH S
Sun Pharma
HARSHAD K
Merck (Former)
PRASAD S
Johnson & Johnson (Former)
SONIKA S S
GSK
Vishwas S
Pharma Wisdom
Event Schedule
Meet to learn and network with your conference colleagues.
08:30 – Coffee & Registration – An opportunity to meet and to network with your conference colleagues
09:20 – Welcome address and opening remarks
09:30 – Driving Packaging Excellence in Pharma: A Strategic Shift from Function to Future
PACKAGING
• Leveraging smart and connected packaging to enhance patient-centric outcomes
• Balancing sustainability with functionality: Navigating regulatory and material challenges
• Role of automation and AI in optimizing packaging workflows and compliance
• Global packaging harmonization – a roadmap to operational efficiency and speed to market
Speaker
SHRINIWAS SINGH
HOD Packaging Development
Themis Medicare
10:00 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Pharma Serialization and Track & Trace: Ensuring Supply Chain Integrity and Patient Safety
SERIALIZATION, TRACK & TRACE
• Track-and-trace in improving visibility and accountability across the pharmaceutical supply chain
• Recent updates over serialization of safeguarding against counterfeit medicines to enhance patient safety
• Challenges and opportunities in aligning serialization standards across different regions
• Key hurdles in implementing serialization and track-and-trace solutions and how to overcome them
• Importance of accurate data capture, management and sharing for effective serialization systems
• Harnessing generative AI, block chain and SCOR frameworks to tackle modern challenges
• Integrating anti-tampering and serialization technologies to ensure product authenticity and patient safety.
Moderator
CHAKRAVARTHI AVPS
Global Ambassador
World Packaging Organisation
Panellists
R. M. BAJAJ
Assistant Commissioner
FDA
LOKESH PATEL
Founder Director
URL Aseptic Automation
JOSE CAMARA SANTIAGO
Chief Executive Officer
Camara Validation & Consulting Services
VAIBHAV SALVI
Director & Head – Clinical Study Unit, India & South
East Asia
Sanofi
RAJENDRA KUMAR KASI
VP & Global Head – PV
Glenmark
BIJOY PETER
General Manager – Technical Services
GS1
10:50 – Morning Tea/Coffee & Networking
11:20 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Panel discussion with experts: Driving innovation and sustainability in pharma packaging: Trends, challenges and opportunities
PACKAGING, LABELLING
• Exploring advancements in smart packaging, connected solutions and patient-centric designs.
• Impacts of outsourcing to manufactures, consumers and other stakeholders.
• Will outsourcing packaging to contract packaging industries paves way for core companies to stay focus in R&D.
• Addressing eco-friendly materials, circular economy strategies and reducing packaging waste.
• Advance labeling technologies: Ensuring accuracy, compliance and readability
• Leveraging AI, automation and new technologies to redefine the packaging landscape.
• Designing packaging that improves adherence, accessibility and overall user experience
Moderator
OMPRAKASH S. SADWANI
Former Joint Commissioner & Controlling Authority
FDA (Maharashtra State)
Panellists
AMIT KALE
Associate Vice President
Reliance Retail
B. G. BARVE
Joint Managing Director
Blue Cross Laboratories
BHUPESH MITTAL
Technical Packaging Program Lead
Bayer
ASHOK KUMAR BHATTACHARYA
Former Executive Director
Takeda
12:10 – Barcoding Technology - Game changer in consumer behaviour
LOKESH PATEL
Founder Director
URL Aseptic Automation
12:40 - Networking luncheon
13:40 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Building agile and secure pharma supply chains: Adapting to global challenges and future opportunities
SUPPLY CHAIN
• Transforming pharma supply chains: Driving efficiency, resilience and patient-centric solutions
• Building agile and robust supply chains to mitigate disruptions and ensure continuity
• Adapting supply chain strategies to meet evolving patient needs and expectations
• Innovations and best practices for maintaining the integrity of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals
• Identifying vulnerabilities and implementing proactive measures to address potential risks
• Fostering partnerships across stakeholders to optimize supply chain operations
• Insights into emerging trends such as AI, block chain and predictive analytics shaping the pharma supply chain
Moderator
PRASAD SHIDHAYE
Ex-Director, India, Deliver Asia Pacific, Supply Chain
Johnson & Johnson
Panellists
ASHU GUPTA
Vice President, Supply Chain
Koye Pharmaceuticals
SUDIPTO BASU
VP – Head of SCM, Procurement & Packaging
Virbac
TEJAS MEHTA
Assistant VP Head Logistics & MSS
Reliance Life Sciences
GIRIJESH SRIVASTAVA
Global Supply Chain Manager
Sun Pharma
14:30 – Future of pharmaceutical labelling: enhancing patient safety and engagement through digital innovation and regulatory compliance
LABELLING
• Overview of product information on labelling enables patient safety.
• Describe the effective utilization of digital patient labelling.
• Will QR codes eliminate the need of physical inserts.
• Is Health Literacy only a public concern.
• How language service providers enable penetration of product information on labelling.
• How AR and QR enables dynamic instruction via smartphone.
• Intricacies of regulatory compliance in clinical trial labelling.
• Looking ahead, the integration of AI and ML in smart label system.
15:00 – Afternoon Tea/Coffee
15:30 – Serialization as a pillar of pharmaceutical safety: Combating counterfeiting and ensuring product quality
• How GS1 organisation plays a role in serialisation.
• Serialization are pivotal thing to prevent the entry of fake drugs and counterfeiting
• Its ability to produce tailored information about product quality helps in withdrawing defective drugs
• Impact of serialization in supply chain management
• Serialization in the prevention of unauthorized drugs into the market and safeguarding public health.
• Planning for 2028: How can the suppliers be prepared for authenticity on delivered products?
Speaker
SOMNATH BASU
Team Leader of Reviewers of Drugs
National Regulatory Authority for Drugs
16:00 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Navigating the Pharma Regulatory Maze: Compliance Strategies for Packaging, Labeling, Serialization and Track & Trace
REGULATORY
• An overview of packaging, labeling, serialization and track-and-trace regulations across key markets
• Addressing common hurdles in meeting diverse and evolving regulatory requirements
• Insights into GS1 standards and their application for global compliance.
• Adapting to region-specific track-and-trace guidelines such as DSCSA (US) and EU FMD
• Navigating the complexities of regulatory reporting and audit readiness
• Adapting to regulatory evolution: Balancing operational efficiency and stakeholder collaboration
• Managing compliance across international borders and harmonizing operations
Moderator
VISHWAS SOVANI
Director
Pharma Wisdom
Panellists
TRIPTI NAKHARE
Associate VP Regulatory Affairs & Packaging Development
FDC Limited
VENKATESH KATGERI
Vice President, Site Head
Srikem Laboratories
MINOO BIJU
Head-Regulatory Affairs
Piramal Pharma Solutions
HARSHAD KOTHAWADE
Former Head of Regulatory Management & Trade Compliance
Merck Group
SONIKA SHARMA SHAH
General Manager Regulatory Affairs
GSK
16:50 - Closing remarks and end of conference
08:30 – Coffee & Registration – An opportunity to meet and to network with your conference colleagues
09:20 – Welcome address and opening remarks
09:30 – Driving Packaging Excellence in Pharma: A Strategic Shift from Function to Future
PACKAGING
• Leveraging smart and connected packaging to enhance patient-centric outcomes
• Balancing sustainability with functionality: Navigating regulatory and material challenges
• Role of automation and AI in optimizing packaging workflows and compliance
• Global packaging harmonization – a roadmap to operational efficiency and speed to market
Speaker
SHRINIWAS SINGH
HOD Packaging Development
Themis Medicare
10:00 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Pharma Serialization and Track & Trace: Ensuring Supply Chain Integrity and Patient Safety
SERIALIZATION, TRACK & TRACE
• Track-and-trace in improving visibility and accountability across the pharmaceutical supply chain
• Recent updates over serialization of safeguarding against counterfeit medicines to enhance patient safety
• Challenges and opportunities in aligning serialization standards across different regions
• Key hurdles in implementing serialization and track-and-trace solutions and how to overcome them
• Importance of accurate data capture, management and sharing for effective serialization systems
• Harnessing generative AI, block chain and SCOR frameworks to tackle modern challenges
• Integrating anti-tampering and serialization technologies to ensure product authenticity and patient safety.
Moderator
CHAKRAVARTHI AVPS
Global Ambassador
World Packaging Organisation
Panellists
R. M. BAJAJ
Assistant Commissioner
FDA
LOKESH PATEL
Founder Director
URL Aseptic Automation
JOSE CAMARA SANTIAGO
Chief Executive Officer
Camara Validation & Consulting Services
VAIBHAV SALVI
Director & Head – Clinical Study Unit, India & South East Asia
Sanofi
RAJENDRA KUMAR KASI
VP & Global Head – PV
Glenmark
BIJOY PETER
General Manager – Technical Services
GS1
10:50 – Morning Tea/Coffee & Networking
11:20 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Panel discussion with experts: Driving innovation and sustainability in pharma packaging: Trends, challenges and opportunities
PACKAGING, LABELLING
• Exploring advancements in smart packaging, connected solutions and patient-centric designs.
• Impacts of outsourcing to manufactures, consumers and other stakeholders.
• Will outsourcing packaging to contract packaging industries paves way for core companies to stay focus in R&D.
• Addressing eco-friendly materials, circular economy strategies and reducing packaging waste.
• Advance labeling technologies: Ensuring accuracy, compliance and readability
• Leveraging AI, automation and new technologies to redefine the packaging landscape.
• Designing packaging that improves adherence, accessibility and overall user experience
Moderator
OMPRAKASH S. SADWANI
Former Joint Commissioner & Controlling Authority,
FDA (Maharashtra State)
Panellists
AMIT KALE
Associate Vice President
Reliance Retail
B. G. BARVE
Joint Managing Director
Blue Cross Laboratories
PRAFULL V. DESHPANDE
Team Lead- R&D Pkg. Development
Lupin
BHUPESH MITTAL
Technical Packaging Program Lead
Bayer
ASHOK KUMAR BHATTACHARYA
Former Executive Director
Takeda
12:10 – Barcoding Technology - Game changer in consumer behaviour
LOKESH PATEL
Founder Director
URL Aseptic Automation
12:40 - Networking luncheon
13:40 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Building agile and secure pharma supply chains: Adapting to global challenges and future opportunities
SUPPLY CHAIN
• Transforming pharma supply chains: Driving efficiency, resilience and patient-centric solutions
• Building agile and robust supply chains to mitigate disruptions and ensure continuity
• Adapting supply chain strategies to meet evolving patient needs and expectations
• Innovations and best practices for maintaining the integrity of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals
• Identifying vulnerabilities and implementing proactive measures to address potential risks
• Fostering partnerships across stakeholders to optimize supply chain operations
• Insights into emerging trends such as AI, block chain and predictive analytics shaping the pharma supply chain
Moderator
PRASAD SHIDHAYE
Ex-Director, India, Deliver
Asia Pacific, Supply Chain
Johnson & Johnson
Panellists
ASHU GUPTA
Vice President, Supply Chain
Koye Pharmaceuticals
SUDIPTO BASU
VP – Head of SCM, Procurement & Packaging
Virbac
TEJAS MEHTA
Assistant VP Head Logistics & MSS
Reliance Life Sciences
GRESH KUMAR
Global Operations Excellence Director
Novartis
GIRIJESH SRIVASTAVA
Global Supply Chain Manager
Sun Pharma
14:30 – Future of pharmaceutical labelling: enhancing patient safety and engagement through digital innovation and regulatory compliance
LABELLING
• Overview of product information on labelling enables patient safety.
• Describe the effective utilization of digital patient labelling.
• Will QR codes eliminate the need of physical inserts.
• Is Health Literacy only a public concern.
• How language service providers enable penetration of product information on labelling.
• How AR and QR enables dynamic instruction via smartphone.
• Intricacies of regulatory compliance in clinical trial labelling.
• Looking ahead, the integration of AI and ML in smart label system.
15:00 – Afternoon Tea/Coffee
15:30 – Serialization as a pillar of pharmaceutical safety: Combating counterfeiting and ensuring product quality
• How GS1 organisation plays a role in serialisation.
• Serialization are pivotal thing to prevent the entry of fake drugs and counterfeiting
• Its ability to produce tailored information about product quality helps in withdrawing defective drugs
• Impact of serialization in supply chain management
• Serialization in the prevention of unauthorized drugs into the market and safeguarding public health.
• Planning for 2028: How can the suppliers be prepared for authenticity on delivered products?
Speaker
SOMNATH BASU
Team Leader of Reviewers of Drugs
National Regulatory Authority for Drugs
16:00 – DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS: Navigating the Pharma Regulatory Maze: Compliance Strategies for Packaging, Labeling, Serialization and Track & Trace
REGULATORY
• An overview of packaging, labeling, serialization and track-and-trace regulations across key markets
• Addressing common hurdles in meeting diverse and evolving regulatory requirements
• Insights into GS1 standards and their application for global compliance.
• Adapting to region-specific track-and-trace guidelines such as DSCSA (US) and EU FMD
• Navigating the complexities of regulatory reporting and audit readiness
• Adapting to regulatory evolution: Balancing operational efficiency and stakeholder collaboration
• Managing compliance across international borders and harmonizing operations
Moderator
VISHWAS SOVANI
Director
Pharma Wisdom
Panellists
TRIPTI NAKHARE
Associate VP Regulatory Affairs & Packaging Development
FDC Limited
VENKATESH KATGERI
Vice President, Site Head
Srikem Laboratories
MINOO BIJU
Head-Regulatory Affairs
Piramal Pharma Solutions
HARSHAD KOTHAWADE
Former Head of Regulatory Management & Trade Compliance
Merck Group
SONIKA SHARMA SHAH
General Manager Regulatory Affairs
GSK
16:50 - Closing remarks and end of conference
Event Testimonials
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Venue details
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Venue –
Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport
Sakinaka, Junction, Andheri – Kurla Rd, Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400072
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Venue
Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport
Sakinaka, Junction, Andheri – Kurla Rd, Andheri East,
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400072
+91 022 4085 1800
