Bhubaneswar, Feb. 24 -- India, long recognized as the "pharmacy of the world," is now steadily transitioning into an "innovator of the world" under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Jagat Prakash Nadda said on Monday. Addressing the 11th Global Pharmaceutical Quality Summit in Mumbai through a video message, the Minister emphasized that this transformation is being driven by a strong focus on healthcare security, manufacturing resilience, and scientific excellence.

Highlighting India's growing stature in the global pharmaceutical landscape, Shri Nadda said the country must anchor global supply chains not merely through scale, but through quality, reliability and sustained innovat...