UK drug maker AstraZeneca eyes IoT centre in Chennai

UK drug maker AstraZeneca is looking to open a new centre of excellence for Internet of things at the British-Swedish drug maker’s facility in Chennai.

IoT, robotics and data science capabilities, apart from augmented and virtual reality, are going to be the dominant technologies going forward for the company and its India centres will be looking at all of these technologies and will be innovating for the globe, said Cindy L Hoots, AstraZeneca’s chief digital and technology officer.