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Zeno Health expects 30% ecommerce revenue by FY26 through expansion
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Zeno Health, a Maharashtra-based pharmaceutical company focused on affordable medicines, is aiming to generate 30 per cent of its revenue through e-commerce sales for the financial year 2025-2026 as it expands its offering pan-India.
'Currently, around 15 per cent of our revenue comes from e-commerce, particularly through our app-based channel. We expect this to scale up to 30 per cent by FY26, driven largely by our pan-India expansion,' said Girish Agarwal, co-founder and chief operating officer of Zeno Health, to Business Standard.
The remaining 70 per cent will continue to come from its offline outlets. "Medicine is the highest out-of-pocket
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