Health-tech shines as India’s $283-billion IT sector battles slowing demand
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Health-tech providers have emerged as the only bright spot in India's $283-billion IT sector, with companies such as Sagility, Inventurus Knowledge Solutions (IKS) and Indegene recording steady growth despite a sluggish demand environment. Tier-1 information technology (IT) services providers, mid-caps, engineering research and development (ER&D) firms and health-tech companies reported an average sequential growth of 1.6%, 2.7%, 2.89%, and 4.2%, respectively, during the July-September quarter.
This outperformance stems from health-tech companies adapting more effectively to US regulatory challenges, including tighter spending on medical drugs, and increasing reliance on software platforms for routine patient and administrative workflows, analysts said. Sagility, Indegene, and IKS, listed on the stock exchanges last year. Most of their revenue comes from offering customer and software services to clients in the US healthcare sector.
While Sagility and IKS provide customer support to healthcare and health insurance companies, Indegene offers services and consulting in pharmaceutical marketing, clinical trials, and medical and regulatory affairs. Sagility, Indegene, and IKS ended the July-September period with respective revenues of $189.4 million, $92.2 million, and $90.2 million, up 5%, 3.7%, and 4% quarter-on-quarter. This is not a one-off, as health-tech companies have performed better than Indian IT’s big five and auto ER&D firms in the first six months of FY26.
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