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Pharmaceuticals and Software and IT services

Pharmaceuticals buys from Software and IT services; pharmaceuticals depends on software and IT services.

Pharmaceuticals (industry) and Software and IT services (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹2.7 per ₹100 · Pharmaceuticals buys from Software and IT services

Pharmaceuticals buys goods or services from Software and IT services; counted through every round of supply, ₹2.7 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹2.7 of every ₹100 of Pharmaceuticals output, all rounds
  • ₹1.1 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Software and IT services → Pharmaceuticals

2 of the enterprise types in Pharmaceuticals depend on software and IT services.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Innovator pharma and biotech companies: trial and data systems (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Contract research organisations (CROs): trial data (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.