Manoj Pillai

Executive Advisor- Sales & Marketing (India & African continent)

Areas of Expertise: Pharmaceutical sales, marketing, brand development, international business strategies and expansion, manufacturing, new product launch.

Manoj is an accomplished pharmaceutical industry leader with over three decades of experience spanning sales, marketing, brand development, international business expansion, and manufacturing. He has extensive international experience in establishing and expanding pharmaceutical businesses across multiple continents. He has also been instrumental in establishing pharmaceutical manufacturing operations in India and securing regulatory approvals across numerous international markets.

With a degree in Chemistry and a Diploma in Marketing Management, he has held progressively senior leadership positions with organizations like Wockhardt Limited etc., Throughout his career, he has played a significant leadership role in developing business strategies, strengthening market presence, building successful pharmaceutical brands, and driving organizational growth including the successful launches of Hepatitis B vaccines and a Methylcobalamin brand, recognized as the industry’s top-selling new brand in 2001.
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He currently serves as Managing Director of Doctor Pharma and Director of Novagen Healthcare Private Limited. Manoj brings a strong combination of strategic leadership, commercial expertise, manufacturing experience, and international business development capabilities to the pharmaceutical industry and MBC Life Sciences.