HCL is one of the early movers in the Life Sciences and Healthcare space. The Life Sciences practice at HCL started in 2002 and within a short span of time has emerged as the fastest growing vertical at HCL with a y-on-y growth of over 100%.
HCL’s Life Sciences practice at a glance:

| Industry Segments | Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medical Device, Healthcare Service Providers, Agri-business & ISVs |
| Quality and Processes | SEI CMM Level 5, BS 7799, ITIL, BS 15000 |
| Certifications& Capabilities | ISO 13485; 2003, AAMI SW68-2001, ISO14971, IEC 60601 DICOM, HL7, HIPAA, 21 CFR Part 11, 21 CFR Part 820 & SOX Compliance |
| Memberships | DIA , CDISC, ACDM, SCDM, Adva Med |
| IPR & Solution frameworks | CliniCOTS, Panax Finder, RxCube, easy labeling, CrosSView ,ELM, MQMS,WIXA |
| Global Partnerships | Tokushima University, Supercomputing center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, IIT Delhi |
| Consultants | 1500+ strong team of domain and technical consultants |
| Key Clientele | 7 out of top 10 medical device companies |
| Domain-centric Approach-Consultants with 6-30 years work experience Customer facing AM/RM's from leading B-Schools like Kellogg's , Wharton , AIM-Manila, IIM's etc. Dedicated regulatory CoE with dedicated industry consultants from pharmaceutical, device and agribusiness sectors | |
HCL is the first Indian Company to have an ISO 13485 certification for design and development of medical devices. It is also one of the few offshore IT providers for the validation services. It has FDA compliant QMS. HCL is doing some high end work for designs across all classes of medical devices (class I,II, II) with focus on effective risk management flow for software hazard analysis, failure mode effect analysis and worst case and reliability analysis. HCL QMS is compliant to ISO 14971 for risk management. HCL QMS helps the team to prepare FDA submission ready documentation so that virtually no changes are required to the documentation after verification and validation.
HCL has been delivering significant value for its Life Science customers through the integrated package of process management, software services and infrastructure management. On a continuous drive for improvement and exceeding client expectations, HCL has been focusing on new ways of value creation: