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Neetu Chandra Sharma

Neetu Chandra Sharma

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Neetu Chandra Sharma is a Senior Editor at Business Today, where she leads the magazine’s coverage of healthcare and pharmaceuticals. With over two decades of experience in top Indian newsrooms—including Mint, Hindustan Times, the India Today Group, and Zee Media—she has consistently reported on the intersection of public health policy, corporate healthcare, and the pharmaceutical industry. Her journalism spans policy deep dives, industry trends, regulatory shifts, and corporate strategy across India’s thriving hea...

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While the tariff cut applies to Indian exports to the US, industry executives say stronger overseas demand can have limited spillover effects at home.

US tariff cut to 18%: what it means for pharma and medical devices

by Neetu Chandra Sharma |Feb 3, 2026

India’s manufacturing exports to the US span pharmaceuticals, medical devices, speciality chemicals and intermediates, segments where tariff stability is a key factor in contracting and capacity plann...

Institutional assessments have also pointed to policy support for biologics and healthcare services.

Budget 2026 puts API makers, specialty pharma, and diagnostics in pole position

by Neetu Chandra Sharma |Feb 2, 2026

Union Budget 2026: Biologics and biosimilars were also highlighted as segments drawing sustained investor interest.

Union Budget 2026: A substantial share of the additional funding has gone towards health infrastructure.

Union Budget 2026 lifts health allocation by nearly 10%

by Neetu Chandra Sharma |Feb 1, 2026

Union Budget 2026: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman indicated the government would continue to increase spending on healthcare infrastructure, research and regulation, particularly as disease patte...

To address concerns around quality and standardisation, the Finance Minister announced upgrades to regulatory infrastructure.

Union Budget 2026 steps up push for Ayurveda, AYUSH certification, exports

by Neetu Chandra Sharma |Feb 1, 2026

Union Budget 2026: Key element of plan is creation of five Regional Medical Hubs, to be set up by states in partnership with private sector.

Budget 2026's biopharma push comes amid a sharp rise in chronic disease

Union Budget 2026–27 allocates ₹10,000 crore for India’s biopharma ambitions

by Neetu Chandra Sharma |Feb 1, 2026

Budget 2026: According to government and ICMR estimates, non-communicable diseases now account for over 55% of India’s total disease burden.

Budget 2026: FM Sitharaman announces NIMHANS 2

Union Budget 2026-27 proposes NIMHANS-2, expands trauma care

by Neetu Chandra Sharma |Feb 1, 2026

Budget 2026: District hospitals to see 50% capacity boost; regional mental health centres planned.

Rare diseases are typically chronic, genetic or life-threatening conditions that affect a small number of people but often require lifelong treatment.

Budget 2026: Tax removed on 17 cancer drugs, brings relief to patients

by Neetu Chandra Sharma |Feb 1, 2026

Union Budget 2026: The exemption applies to a set of high-cost cancer medicines commonly used in advanced and complex stages of the disease.

The government said it would seek to expand healthcare capacity by strengthening the workforce and pushing care delivery outside hospitals, particularly in geriatric and allied health services.

Union Budget 2026-27 backs caregivers, allied health staff to expand healthcare capacity

by Neetu Chandra Sharma |Feb 1, 2026

Government to strengthen workforce, push care delivery outside hospitals, particularly in geriatric and allied health services

The Economic Survey highlighted constraints in value realisation despite large-scale manufacturing.

Economic Survey 2025–26 calls on pharma to build complex portfolios

by Neetu Chandra Sharma |Jan 30, 2026

The Survey underlined the gap between volume and value in pharmaceutical exports

The Economic Survey noted that India has recorded a “positive trend in female labour force participation”, with participation rising from “23.3% in 2017–18 to 41.7% in 2023–24”.

Healthcare, care infra key to women staying in work, says Economic Survey 2025-26

by Neetu Chandra Sharma |Jan 29, 2026

The Survey said women’s participation in paid work depends on health outcomes, caregiving responsibilities, and workplace support