Digitalization and Digitization are related, however their meaning is different. Digitalization is made up of several different areas like Digital communications, while digitization is converting analogue information into data formats. Industry 4.0, another commonly used term is the digital network of people, machines and products. Pharmaceuticals is a research intensive industry, which keeps on churning new products to save patients’ lives. The safety and efficacy of products is stringently regulated, and rightly so. Pharmaceutical companies have started to explore Digitization for higher efficiencies, faster and better clinical trials and cost reductions. Digitization offers multiple opportunities, but there are also implementation challenges that need to be considered. The study result show the factors that affect Digitization in Pharmaceutical Operations and how mitigation can be done.

Keywords : Digitization Application, Digitalization Impact, Pharmaceutical Operations.