Pharma Industrial Internet: A Reference Model Based on 5G Public Private Partnership Infrastructure, Industrial Internet Consortium Reference Architecture and Pharma Industry Standards

Pharma industry is undergoing a major transformation called ‘The new pharma reality’ caused by the changes in global pharmaceutical business ecosystem and strive for the improved regulatory compliance and competitiveness. The current manufacturing and enterprise IT systems have not been satisfactorily able to deliver on the new requirements and this is leading pharma companies investigating the benefits of the current trends of digitalization, IoT and enhanced networking capabilities. This paper introduces the concept of Pharma Industrial Internet, a reference model for applying the 5G PPP Infrastructure, Industrial Internet Consortium Reference Architecture and key pharma industry manufacturing standards for specifying, modeling and building pharma industry specific industrial internet solutions. By applying the reference model, pharmaceutical manufacturers will be able to improve their competitiveness while meeting the global regulatory and manufacturing quality requirements. The paper provides a holistic view on the digitalization transformation taking place in the pharmaceutical industry, the technical enablers driving the transformation and the new service infrastructures and Journal of NBICT, Vol. 1, 141–162. doi: 10.13052/NBICT.2016.008 c © 2016 River Publishers. All rights reserved.