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Global Pharma Summit 2021 Report

On November 19th, 2021, Shimadzu (Asia Pacific) hosted the 8th join hands in formulating strategies to transform their businesses using
edition of the Shimadzu Global Pharma Summit in Singapore. In ac- Pharma Digital Transformation or Pharma DX. The huge turnout of
cordance with the current trends and keeping in mind the needs of the people globally at the various physical locations and over the inter-
customer, the summit was aptly themed - Pharma Digital Transformation net, makes this the largest Shimadzu Global Pharma Summit ever
or “Pharma DX”. The on-demand version of the summit is available for till date. Majority of these participants were either CXOs, Managing
your viewing pleasure at www.shimadzupharmasummit.com. Directors, Directors, Presidents, Vice Presidents or belonged to other
key decision-making positions, as is the case with all previous sum-
mits over the years. The display of Shimadzu’s strength at the summit
Shimadzu 8th Global Pharma Summit 2021 in the form of its state-of-the art technology solutions and instruments
or its ability to gather the key opinion leaders of the pharma industry
from across the world under one virtual roof, helped build an unfor-
The Pharma Summit is a platform that Shimadzu provides to the gettable brand image in the minds of the customers.
global pharma industry to network, share and discuss strategies for
the future of pharma. This year the summit was held “Phygitally” Dr. Teruhisa Ueda, President and CEO, Shimadzu Corporation
(physically + digitally). While on one had participants virtually Japan, while delivering the Welcome Address, highlighted that,
joined the online portal showcasing a completely immersive 3D “With the advent of the pandemic, it is now more evident than ever
environment, on the other, key VIPs and industry leaders joined
physically at multiple locations across India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
The online broadcast was done across 2 time zones (12:30pm IST
& 11 am EDT) to cater to the attendees from various parts of the
world like the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.

This year’s Phygital summit was a first-of-its kind by an analytical
instrument manufacturer anywhere in the world. The milestone
event witnessed participation from over 2000 global pharma lead-
ers from over 100 global pharma organization and from18 countries, Dr. Teruhisa Ueda

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