Letter from the CEO
"The message is and clear-we are not just a thyroid testing company a diagnostic
service offering the full gamut of pathological tests, certified to the highest quality
standards in the industry".
Dear Shareholders
First, I want to thank Thyrocare stakeholders for an extremely warm welcome, I feel at
home already in the short time I have been here. It gives me great pleasure to present to
you our first annual report since the Company's rebranding into a more dynamic, vibrant,
technologically-driven and quality- focussed avatar. More regional labs, more
certifications, more tests, more partnerships and more geographies - the transformed
Thyrocare Technologies Limited comes to you with a whole lot of new offerings packaged in
the best-in-class quality quotient. The transformation is encapsulated in our new tagline
of Tests You Can Trust', which underlines our promise of uncompromising quality,
backed by reliability and affordability.
With 300 more diagnostic tests added to our portfolio, 26 laboratories including fully
automated centralised processing laboratory, 3 zonal processing laboratories, 22 regional
processing laboratories (1 COVID RTPCR mobile van) and presence in 3,000+ pin codes, we
have emerged as a complete pathological healthcare provider. The message is loud and clear
- we are not just a thyroid testing company but a diagnostic service offering the full
gamut of pathological tests, certified to the highest quality standards in the industry.
The transition into the new avatar has been both smooth and challenging - the latter
mainly because of the extensive efforts we had to put into reviving the non- COVID part of
our business to push our growth back on the track of pre-pandemic levels. Unfortunately,
our revenues took a hit during the first half of the year, when the focus was mainly on
COVID testing amid the second wave of the pandemic. However, we have, over the past few
months, been working actively on driving our non-COVID testing volumes across price
points. Our efforts have yielded positive results, leading to an all-time non- COVID
testing revenue in the last quarter of March. We hope to build on top of this. As a
company, we had 18% y-o-y increase in our revenue from operations for FY22 on a standalone
basis, while our consolidated revenue grew about 19% in the same period.
Going forward, we shall aim at further consolidating our non- COVID revenues to keep
our growth trajectory on the upcurve. Our concerted focus on upgradation of our
technological infrastructure and processes to assure the best of quality remains central
to this strategic proposition.
I am happy to share that three of our additional labs are NABL certified and five more
expected to complete this certification soon. Our central processing lab has recently
completed renewal of its NABL and CAP accreditation. These certifications underscore the
importance we accord to quality across our systems and processes.
Our value proposition is centred around being an affordable option to all patients with
good quality and on-time reports. On on-time, our ATAT (Analytical TAT) is already less
than 6 hours. We are selectively expanding our network and really using technology to
optimise our mid-mile operations to reduce PTAT (Pre-Analytical TAT) with a goal of same
day reports. We are already there in several markets. With our current RPL network and
investments in ensuring multiple pickups, our current overall TAT (ATAT + PTAT) is 18
hours for local samples and 24 hours for non-local cities that the regional processing lab
covers. We have been working continuously to improve our overall TAT and are targeting
getting to a same-day report in all the pin- codes that we service, and all our
investments and efforts have been to drive this. We are now virtually covering all
technologies and diagnostics, through 22 regional processing labs across the country.
Our strategic roadmap for the future is also driven by the expertise and extensive
customer base of the API Group, which we shall be leveraging actively to grow faster and
better, going forward. Beyond API Group too, we are actively seeking to be the partner for
any Health-tech player looking to add diagnostics as part of their service offering. We
will continue our geographic expansion journey and maintain our focus on the health and
preventative products portfolio under the brand Aarogyam' to maintain our
leadership.
We see immense opportunities for growth for an organised and established player like
us, and will work hard to maximise the same in the long-term interest of our business and
that of our various stakeholders.
In conclusion, I would like to thank the Board of Directors, the Government of India,
our Business Associates, customers, and shareholders, without whom Thyrocare would not be
where it is today. And most importantly, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to
our people, whose dedication and hard work have helped steer our journey of many successes
and milestones.
I look forward to their continued support.
Warm regards,
Rahul Guha
Chairman.