Mapping the CLI patient pathway and unmet needs in India

The brief

• Map the end-to-end CLI/PAD patient management pathway in India, from screening and diagnosis through treatment.
• Size the diagnosed, undiagnosed, and addressable PAD/CLI patient populations across India.
• Identify gaps and unmet needs across screening, diagnosis, wound classification, and treatment planning.
• Prioritize white-space opportunities by patient impact and market potential to guide portfolio strategy.

The problem

Limited visibility into how CLI patients are diagnosed and managed across India's fragmented care pathway, and where the unmet needs lie

Our approach

Epidemiology and procedure-volume modelling combined with in-depth interviews with clinical experts across the patient pathway

• Estimated PAD/CLI disease epidemiology and procedure volumes across India using secondary research and modelling.
• Mapped the patient care pathway across the fragmented hospital landscape, from screening and referral to diagnosis and treatment.
• Conducted interviews with vascular surgeons, interventionalists, and other experts across the pathway.
• Prioritized unmet needs and white-space opportunities by patient impact and India market potential.

Key outcomes

Prioritized set of unmet needs and quantified white-space opportunities to guide the client's India portfolio and investment decisions

• Quantified the CLI/PAD patient pool of xx million, including a large undiagnosed population, and its addressable segments.
• A prioritized set of unmet needs spanning PAD diagnostic screening, wound classification, and staging/treatment planning.
• Quantified white-space opportunities, including a PAD diagnostic tool and wound classification tool
• A clear, evidence-based roadmap to prioritize India portfolio and investment decisions across the CLI/PAD pathway.