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THE ORACLE CONCISE SERIES: PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR

Sector Size and composition Govt Policies Major Players in industry


• According to the Indian Economic Survey 2021, the • In June 2021, FM Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman announced an
domestic market is expected to grow 3x in the next •In June 2021, Sun Pharmaceuticals acquired the patent
additional outlay of Rs. 197,000 crore that will be utilised license for Dapagliflozin from AstraZeneca. The company
decade. India’s domestic pharmaceutical market is over five years for the pharmaceutical PLI scheme in 13 key will be distributing and promoting the drug under the
estimated at US$ 42 billion in 2021 and likely to reach sectors. brand name ‘Oxra’.
US$ 65 billion by 2024 and further expand to reach
~US$ 120-130 billion by 2030. • To achieve self-reliance and minimise import dependency in •In June 2021, Lupin Ltd. announced its intention to enter
the country's essential bulk drugs, the Department of the digital healthcare space in India. It incorporated Lupin
• India's biotechnology industry comprising Pharmaceuticals initiated a PLI scheme to promote
biopharmaceuticals, bio-services, bio-agriculture, bio- Digital Health Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary, to provide a
domestic manufacturing by setting up greenfield plants digital therapeutics platform for medical practitioners and
industry, and bioinformatics. The Indian biotechnology
industry was valued at US$ 64 billion in 2019 and is patients in the country.
• In May 2021, under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0, Mission COVID
expected to reach US$ 150 billion by 2025. Suraksha was announced by the Government of India to •In May 2021, Cipla launched a real-time COVID-19
accelerate development and production of indigenous detection kit ‘ViraGen’ that is based on multiplex
• India’s medical devices market stood at US$ 10.36 COVID vaccines. polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology.
billion in FY20. The market is expected to increase at a
CAGR of 37% from 2020 to 2025 to reach US$ 50
billion

Drivers and Risks Features and Trends


Key drivers:
• Cost Efficiency: Low cost of production and R&D boost efficiency of Indian pharma
companies, leading to competitive export.
• Economic Drivers: High economic growth along with increasing penetration of health
insurance to push expenditure on healthcare and medicine in India.
• Increasing Investments: The foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the Indian drugs
and pharmaceuticals sector stood at US$ 17.75 billion between April 2000 and
December 2020.

Key risks:
Counterfeit drugs, poor rural healthcare infrastructure, lack of health insurance penetration

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