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HCAH and QMS Merge Pharma Businesses to Expand Patient Support Services
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News18•28-09-2026, 16:00
HCAH and QMS Merge Pharma Businesses to Expand Patient Support Services
- •Health Care At Home India Pvt Ltd (HCAH) and QMS Medical Allied Services Ltd (QMS) announced a strategic merger of their pharma businesses.
- •The merger aims to expand patient support programs (PSPs) for pharmaceutical companies across India.
- •The PSP business verticals of HCAH and QMS will merge to form Saarathi Healthcare, a subsidiary of QMS.
- •The combined platform will operate over 160 PSPs, serving more than 1.2 million patients with support from over 2,000 professionals in over 35 cities.
- •The merger seeks to create greater scale, reach, and execution capability for pharmaceutical companies while enhancing patient access to support throughout their treatment journey.
Key Questions Answered
The patient support program business verticals of HCAH and QMS have merged to form Saarathi Healthcare, which operates as a subsidiary of QMS.
The combined platform operates over 160 patient support programs, serves more than 1.2 million patients, and is supported by over 2,000 professionals across more than 35 cities.
QMS Medical Allied Services completed the acquisition of the remaining 24 per cent stake in Saarathi Healthcare for Rs 14.22 crore in September 2026, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary.
