Navigating the digital shift with AUTOMA+ 2025

**Navigating the Digital Shift with AUTOMA+ 2025** The recent Pharmaceutical Automation and Digitalisation Congress, AUTOMA+ 2025, brought together experts in the field to discuss the latest developments in digital R&D and lab automation, patient-centric design, digitalised manufacturing, and supply chains. This event, held in Vösendorf, Austria, on November 24-25, marked a significant milestone in the industry's transition towards a smart pharma. **Digital Innovations in the Pharmaceutical Sector** AUTOMA+ 2025 featured a wide range of tech-savvy solutions for the pharmaceutical sector, including AI integration and e-labelling for packaging, digital twins, AI, robotics, IoT in manufacturing, and more. The event provided a platform for companies to showcase their solutions and for attendees to learn about the latest advancements in the industry. **Key Sessions and Speaker Highlights** The first day of the event kicked off with an opening panel discussion on digital technologies for the future. Harald Schnidar, CEO of SCARLETRED Holding GmbH, and Avani Gupta, Business Developer & Customer Support at SCARLETRED Holding GmbH, presented their perspectives on the synergistic relationship between human and artificial intelligence in the context of dermatological drug development. Subsequent sessions focused on patient experience, R&D, lab automation, and manufacturing. Representatives from key market players, including Automators GmbH and CNT Management Consulting AG, Pfizer, Helbling Technik AG, Astellas, Bayer AG, and Grünenthal Group, shared their expertise and insights. Zisis Kozlakidis, the head of laboratory services at IARC/WHO, reviewed patient-centric digital interaction in public health, highlighting the potential of integrated AI to accelerate discovery, enhance precision medicine, and improve public health outcomes. **Industry Leaders Share Their Expertise** As AUTOMA+ 2025 Technology Partner, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.KG, with Joachim Bär, Director DevOps CellCulture, as speaker, presented a workshop on digital plant modelling, discussing production, innovation, and sustainability. Beyond the main sessions, attendees had the opportunity to evaluate companies' solutions in the exhibition zone. Sapio Sciences displayed their LIMS systems, Innowise highlighted AI & ML, and I-care demonstrated software for asset performance and predictive maintenance. **The Power of Collaboration** Following a day of innovation and meetings, participants experienced relaxed networking, good cuisine, and productive collaborations at the Gala Dinner in Casino Baumgarten. The event's magic was evident in the shared enthusiasm and determination of the attendees to shift the industry forward. **The Future of Pharma: AI-Powered and Digitalised** The second day of the event revolved around AI-powered Pharma, covering smart supply chains, innovations in labels and packaging, and digital pharma regulatory compliance. Cédric Colon, Global Supply Chain Strategy Programme Management Global Process owner at GSK, presented why digitalisation and AI unlock supply chain value. As the final accords of AUTOMA+ were reached and the last words said, the event's impact was clear – it had united a constellation of professionals determined to drive the industry forward. **The Road Ahead: AUTOMA+ 2026** In 2026, AUTOMA+ continues its digital drive in Zurich on November 16-17. For more information, visit [https://sh.bgs.group/3k7](https://sh.bgs.group/3k7). **Follow the Conversation** Join the conversation on X: [@IoTNow_](https://twitter.com/IoTNow_) and visit our homepage: [IoT Now](https://www.iot-now.com/). **Categories:** * Artificial Intelligence * Companies * Health & Safety * IoT News * People & Places * Platforms & Applications * Press Release **Tags:** * AI integration * AI-powered pharma * Artificial Intelligence (AI) * Astellas * Austria * AUTOMA+ * AUTOMA+ 2025 * Automators GmbH and CNT Management Consulting AG * Bayer AG * Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma * dermatological drug gevelopment * digital plant modelling * digital technologies * digital twins * digitalisation * e-labelling * ESTEVE * EUSPA * Grünenthal Group * GSK * Helbling Technik AG * IARC/WHO * Innowise * lab automation * LIMS systems * machine learning * manufacturing * Merck * Octapharma * Pfizer * pharmaceutical * public health * R&D * Robotics * Sapio Sciences * SCARLETRED Holding GmbH * smart supply chain