India has mastered speed in everyday essentials—groceries arrive in 10 minutes, meals in under 30. Yet, when it comes to essential medicines, delays of two to three days are still the norm.

For patients, that wait isn’t just inconvenient, it can be risky too. For insurers, e‑pharmacies, and healthcare platforms, it means lost conversions and low utilisation of services that were meant to improve access.

This very inefficiency in India’s pharmacy delivery system led to the creation of DocPharma, a quick-commerce healthcare infrastructure startup offering 30-minute prescription medicine deliveries through a unique B2B2C model.

Founded in early 2023 by Shashank Rai and Saquib Ali, and joined by Sagar Chauhan in 2025, DocPharma is not just another e-pharmacy. It positions itself as the “AWS of medicine delivery,” serving as the invisible backend for e-pharmacies, healthcare platforms, insurers, and hospitals across India.

Operating in more than 12 cities—including Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Mumbai, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Kolkata, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Patna—the startup enables its B2B partners to fulfil prescription medicine orders within 30-60 minutes, a turnaround that has significantly boosted online medicine purchases, increased insurance utilisation, and eliminated delays that historically plagued the system.

Recently, DocPharma further raised the bar by launching 30-minute medicine delivery services across Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, reinforcing its commitment to faster, more reliable healthcare access in India’s busiest metros.