Driving Pharma’s Digital Shift with Security and Compliance at the Core

As the pharmaceutical industry moves rapidly toward AI driven and data centric operations, the need for strong governance, cyber security and regulatory compliance has never been greater. At SCL Lifesciences, this responsibility is being led by Karan Sharma, Head IT, who is ensuring that technology growth remains secure, compliant and business focused.

Looking ahead to 2026, Sharma makes it clear that the company’s most important technology priority is not experimentation but protection and compliance.

“Our foremost priority is the DPDP Act,” says Sharma. “The government has made it live and it comes with strict milestones of six months, twelve months and eighteen months. The first phase is mandatory and the penalties are huge. More than that, we want to be in a compliant state.”

With SCL Lifesciences managing sensitive data belonging to employees, vendors and customers, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act has become a central ...