Spearheading Pharma Supply Chain Innovation

As Executive Director of Vimachem, Alex Vidra focuses on accelerating the delivery of critical drugs to market while helping clients enhance scalability, improve flexibility, and maintain regulatory compliance. In 2015, he joined his family business, Vimachem, where he and his brother launched the innovative Vimachem AI Pharma 4.0 Platform, enhancing site-level optimization and traceability for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries. At Vimachem, a Scale Up Cohort 3 member, Alex and his brother Filippos Vidras are creating a solution that is used daily by leaders in the industry to improve pharmaceutical manufacturing and product quality.  

Alex’s passion for technology has been a guiding force throughout his academic and professional journey. His academic background, which includes a Bachelor’s degree in Management Science and Technology from Athens University of Economics and Business and a Master’s in Operational Research and Statistics from Bentley University, where he earned a prestigious scholarship, prepared him for the challenges of both consulting and the pharmaceutical sector. Before joining Vimachem, Alex spent over seven years in consulting, including two years in management at Accenture in New York, and contributed nearly four years to ISPE’s Pharma 4.0 Special Interest Group.