Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

In India, healthcare has emerged as one of the largest service sectors constituting 5 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) and offering employment to around 4 million people.

India's primary competitive advantage over its peers lies in its large pool of well-trained medical professionals. Also, India's cost advantage compared to peers in Asia and Western countries is significant.

The coming years are expected to see out-of-the-box thinking by the strategists in the field of healthcare, beginning with the way healthcare is delivered. To begin with, a rise in retail clinics, single speciality, secondary and tertiary care centres are seen coming to the fore.

The tier II/III cities have suddenly become attractive to the healthcare players, especially because of the tax sops and increasing disposable incomes among Indian families across the country and dearth of quality healthcare infrastructure in these locations.

Technology will play a major role in bringing quality in healthcare, be it better nursing communication systems, patient monitoring devices or telemedicine to provide low cost diagnosis to remote patients, etc.

India is today one of the top emerging markets in the global pharmaceutical scene. The sector is highly knowledge-based and its steady growth is positively affecting the Indian economy. The organised nature of the Indian pharmaceutical industry is attracting several companies that are finding it viable to increase their operations in the country.

The growth in Indian domestic market is expected to be boosted by increasing consumer spending, rapid urbanisation, increasing healthcare insurance and so on. The lifestyle segments such as cardiovascular, anti-diabetes, anti-depressants and anti-cancers will continue to be lucrative and fast growing owing to increased urbanisation and change in lifestyle patterns.

For the US market, Indian companies are developing niche portfolios in various segments. High margin injectables, dermatology, respiratory, biogenerics, complex generics, etc., have become areas of interest. Most of the Indian pharma companies have been working on these niche drugs in order to optimise growth and margins.

Financial Edge Capital's expert advice can help emerging and established players in the industry to chart a well-planned strategic roadmap to tap the various opportunities going forward. Our team can also address your financing requirements and provide assistance in rolling out strategic initiatives for expanding in new markets or for launching new products or services.