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Dr Andree Bates discusses the evolving role of Qualified Persons in the pharmaceutical industry with Jitesh Halai, focusing on proactive management and digital solutions.

In this episode of AI For Pharma Growth, Dr Andree Bates speaks with Jitesh Halai, founder and CEO of OneSC, about what the Qualified Person role should look like in a more proactive, digitally connected pharmaceutical supply chain. Jitesh explains how many QPs are still forced into reactive work: chasing documents, checking versions, searching inboxes, reconciling batch data across disconnected systems and trying to work out what is holding up release. In virtual pharma environments, where much of the supply chain is outsourced, that burden becomes even heavier. The conversation explores how platforms like OneSC can create a single source of truth across supply chain partners, giving QPs live visibility of batch status, documentation, review progress and quality signals. Instead of waiting weeks for all documents to arrive before spotting a packaging, leaflet or batch data issue, automated checks can flag risks much earlier. Jitesh also discusses how AI, OCR and automation can reduce repetitive administrative work, without replacing human judgement. The aim is not to remove the QP from the process, but to give them more time for the work they were trained to do: critical review…

People in this episode

Host: Dr Andree Bates

Guest: Jitesh Halai

Topics covered

• Qualified Person role
• pharmaceutical supply chain
• proactive management
• digital transformation
• AI in pharma
• automation
• risk assessment

Keywords

• Qualified Person
• pharmaceutical
• supply chain
• automation
• AI
• risk assessment
• digital tools

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Organizations: OneSC

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