AI Magazine Issue 2 2018- Global Care Clinical Trials

Acquisition International - Issue 2 2018 47 MakroCare is expert strategic development and commercialisation global partner for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. We invited President and Co-founder, Mahesh Malneedi, to talk to us about this journey, and the road that lies ahead for their company. akroCare’s success is a result of a 20- year industry journey, in which they have provided their clients with a broad range of knowledge-based contract and consulting services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. Mahesh tells us a bit more about the journey that his company on, before detailing the typical services that the firm offers. “For over two decades, we at MakroCare have successfully helped clients bring new products to the market faster and maintain regulatory compliance of existing products. Apart from clinical areas, our focused regulatory services include regulatory strategy, operations, labelling and CMC. “With the ongoing developments of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation, we saw a clear advantage of adapting those in some of the regulatory areas. Subsequently, we started developing AI and automation platforms, making it domain specific areas like Regulatory Affairs (REGai) and Reg Ops Automation (ROA). By effectively turning our knowledge and experience into products and turning this into Automation, MakroCare has helped clients increase their productivity and save costs.” Integral to the success of the firm is the internal culture within the company. Mahesh explains how it feels to have been selected as the Most Innovative Life Science Regulatory & Automation Services Provider in our 2018 Global Excellence Awards. He comments on how this will benefit staff morale and therefore the company in a long-term nature. “Firstly, we are honoured to receive this prestigious Global Excellence Award. Being selected for this Company: MakroCare Contact Name: Nancy Telephone: 9734810100 Web Address: www.makrocare.com NewPossibilities EveryDay M 1802AI17 award is a great morale boost for our employees, who try their best every day to deliver highest quality services to our clients. “Secondly, these awards reassure both ourselves and our clients that we are progressing on the right path to help this industry’s ultimate customer, the patient.” Despite the life science industry being incredibly competitive, MakroCare is still able to stand out amongst others is the market thanks to staff efficiency, and the constant ability of the team to network and innovate accordingly, as Mahesh explains. “Intriguingly, the Life Sciences industry is quite complex and ever changing. From drug efficacy, the licensing impact to compliance pre- and post-trials, data management, analysis, regulatory acceptance, market potential; the cycle is a tough trail. In order to keep us on our toes, the diverse regulations globally keep changing constantly. Whilst moving ahead with newer solutions and services, we constantly connect and innovate to keep ourselves meet the global growing needs.” Overall, there are exciting times ahead for Mahesh and MakroCare, and with developments constantly arising within the sector, the company will look to capitalise on its success and move forwards, whilst all the time exploring new opportunities, something Mahesh is clearly excited about. “Looking towards the future, areas such as Patient Centricity and RWD are taking shape as next generation focus for life sciences industry. These newer areas need a ground up innovation rather than incremental changes. This will lead to several newer opportunities to providers like MakroCare.”