Varun Sharma. Founder of NEUVIOR and the VARUNÉ portfolio

From family business to medicines intelligence.

A Glasgow-born British-Indian entrepreneur building around a practical conviction: evidence matters when someone can turn it into responsible action.

CEO and CTO of NEUVIOR. Product architect of PHARMORIS. Founder of a wider portfolio exploring biology, space systems, AI and robotics.

Biography and source-linked publication record · Reviewed 8 September 2026

The person behind the work.

A founder working across medicines and the next frontier

Varun Sharma is a Glasgow-born British-Indian entrepreneur and the founder of NEUVIOR and the VARUNÉ portfolio. At NEUVIOR, he serves as CEO and CTO and is product architect of PHARMORIS. His work centres on a practical question: how can complex evidence become a useful decision, with a clear human owner responsible for what happens next?

The education of family business

His early education in business came from his father’s corner shop. Writing in Startups Magazine, he recalls asking at seven why a chocolate bar sold for more than its purchase cost, and learning how margins support the costs of running a business. He connects those lessons in cash, customer behaviour and trust to his present interest in systems that turn ambition into reliable execution.

Building medicines intelligence

NEUVIOR gives that approach a focused setting. PHARMORIS is being developed as a staff-facing, human-governed medicines-operations system: a way to connect reviewable evidence, authorised decisions and accountable follow-through. Varun leads the product’s architecture alongside the company’s direction. The work remains in controlled, non-production development; its ambition is to make the route from evidence to action more explicit, rather than leave responsibility scattered across disconnected records.

A public argument about implementation

His published work follows the same thread. In pharmaphorum, he examines why medicines approval does not automatically become access. In TechRadar Pro, he asks how organisations can tell whether they retain control of an AI system. His September 2026 Express Pharma contribution considers the proofs behind India’s pharmaceutical capability. As a guest on AI Ethics Now, the University of Warwick IATL podcast, he discusses when an AI suggestion becomes a decision for which a person or institution must answer.

The wider VARUNÉ portfolio

Alongside NEUVIOR PHARMACEUTICALS LTD, the portfolio includes VARUNÉ BIOSYSTEMS LTD, VARUNÉ SPACE SYSTEMS LTD and VARUNÉ INTELLIGENCE LTD. Biosystems has five proposed research interests: biological timing and chronobiology; ageing and longevity; repair, regeneration and rejuvenation; medicines, therapeutics and formulations; and skin, hair, skincare and aesthetics. Space Systems is the current exploratory, precommercial space direction. Intelligence explores AI and robotics for complex real-world problems. NEUVIOR and PHARMORIS remain the present operating focus while those wider directions take shape.

From research questions to things worth building

VARUNÉ Labs extends the ambition into medicines, novel formulations, generics, skincare and personal care, fragrance and sensory research, and longer-range manufacturing plans. It is a predevelopment programme operated by NEUVIOR, with no confirmed facility or manufacturing capability. VARUNÉ Group is the shared portfolio brand, not a legal parent company. Across these distinct businesses and programmes, Varun’s connecting interest is how ideas become useful through human judgement, disciplined development and practical implementation.

Historical identity note. A limited number of earlier publisher and public records use Varun Cruz. The name is retained here only to connect those records to Varun Sharma. Use Varun Sharma for current biographies, titles and metadata.

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Writing, interviews and public records.

Read Varun’s published arguments and conversations, explore coverage of the work, and follow the company records behind the portfolio. The source and type of each publication are identified below.

Publisher-written and project coverage

Reporting and project-centre coverage published outside Varun’s own websites.

Commentary, letters and appearances

Articles and letters by Varun, guest appearances and contributions to other writers’ work. Byline and contributor details remain attached to each record.

Contributed articleExpress PharmaFrom capacity to capability: Five proofs for India’s pharma futureBy Varun SharmaPodcast appearanceAI Ethics Now · University of Warwick IATLAI and Accountability: When Does a Suggestion Become a Decision?Guest: Varun SharmaContributed views and analysispharmaphorumApproval is not access: Pilots’ real test is implementationBy Varun SharmaContributed opinionTechRadar ProFive questions to test whether an AI stack is truly under your controlBy Varun SharmaContributed commentaryETPharmaIndia’s pharma quality reset will be won after the inspector leavesBy Varun SharmaPublished letterFinancial TimesLetter: The real test is whether invention leads to adoptionEarlier publisher byline; identity mapping is documented on the biography pageExpert commentaryPharmaceutical TechnologyWhy the India-UK trade deal now needs a five-gate implementation ledgerCommentary from Varun Sharma; page byline Ross LawMagazine commentaryPharmaTimesHow we rollEarlier publisher byline; identity mapping is documented on the biography pageContributed commentaryManufacturing ChemistNICE approval is not enough: why the UK’s next medicines challenge is operational deliveryContributed commentaryStartups MagazineWhat my dad’s corner shop taught meBy Varun SharmaContributed commentaryBusinessCloudWhy neurodivergent founders can excel at building complex systemsBy Varun Sharma

Company and project records

Company registers, published project records and first-party updates on current development.

PrimaryOfficial company recordNEUVIOR PHARMACEUTICALS LTD · SC857853 — Companies HouseConfirms the legal entity and filing record; it does not prove customers, revenue or product deployment.PrimaryOfficial company recordVARUNÉ SPACE SYSTEMS LTD · SC857817 — Companies HouseConfirms the registered company and current legal name; not a mission or operational capability.PrimaryOfficial company recordVARUNÉ BIOSYSTEMS LTD · 16820832 — Companies HouseConfirms the registered company and current legal name; not validated research capability or outcomes.PrimaryOfficial company recordVARUNÉ INTELLIGENCE LTD · SC857816 — Companies HouseConfirms the registered company; not a deployed AI or robotics product.PrimaryFirst-party founder recordNEUVIOR — FounderCompany-published identity and role material; not independent coverage.PrimaryFirst-party evidence snapshotPHARMORIS — Archived product-status snapshotCompany-published scope and limitations as of 20 July 2026; not evidence of current deployment or outcomes.PrimaryOfficial project recordPHARMORIS — Innovate UK projectConfirms a public project record; selection is not revenue, endorsement or product validation.PrimaryOfficial project recordVIONIX ZERO — Innovate UK projectConfirms a public project record; selection is not revenue, endorsement or product validation.PrimaryOfficial assurance recordNEUVIOR — NHS DSP Toolkit organisation recordOrganisation-level submission status; not NHS endorsement, commissioning or product certification.

Portfolio plans

Explore the ideas, research interests and development stages across the VARUNÉ portfolio.

These plans do not establish current facilities, partnerships or commercial outcomes.

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How he approaches the work.

A practical approach to company building: connect evidence with responsibility, keep decisions visible and let development earn the next step.

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Evidence before theatre.

A claim should survive a sceptical reader, a source check and the passage of time.

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Human authority stays visible.

Software may organise evidence and options; accountable people retain judgement and approval.

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Focus funds ambition.

NEUVIOR and PHARMORIS come first. Future theses advance only when evidence earns the next gate.

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Unknown remains unknown.

Uncertainty is not a branding flaw. Making it visible protects decisions, partners and reputation.