E-pharmacy

The Union Health Ministry is planning to regulate and take stringent action against e-pharmacies, including banning them completely, after concerns over data privacy, malpractices in the sector, and irrational sale of drugs, official sources said on Monday.

The Union Health Ministry is mulling regulations and stringent action against e-pharmacies, including banning them completely, following concerns over data privacy, malpractices in the sector, and irrational sale of drugs.

Government may soon finalise e-pharmacy rules which would regulate online platforms selling medicines and issuing medication

Flipkart is planning to enter the online healthcare market with the launch of Flipkart +. The Walmart-owned company announced on Friday that it will be acquiring a majority stake in SastaSundar.com that offers digital healthcare and pharmacy platform supported by a network of more than 490 pharmacies.

Growth of e-pharmacies has left many traders in the country feeling threatened, who say online drugstores can contribute to medicine sales without proper verification

The plea said that the act is giving impression that home delivery cannot take place from the local pharmacy stores and one has to buy medicines only from the e-pharmacies.

The plea, which is likely to come up for hearing on Thursday, said the Aarogya Setu website is linked to the official mobile application Aarogya Setu in a “highly illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory manner” as the website promotes and acts as a marketing tool for e-pharmacies only.

The Union Health Ministry has come out with draft rules on sale of drugs by e-pharmacies with an aim to regulate online sale of medicines across India and provide patients accessibility to genuine drugs from authentic online portals.

Around 55,000 retail chemists and pharmacists in Maharashtra joined the day-long nationwide strike on Wednesday called by All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists or AIOCD, demanding a ban on online sale of medicines, an official said.

Over 35,000 chemists and wholesalers in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana today kept their shops closed, joining nationwide strike called by All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists to protest online sale of drugs.

The Union Health Ministry is planning to regulate and take stringent action against e-pharmacies, including banning them completely, after concerns over data privacy, malpractices in the sector, and irrational sale of drugs, official sources said on Monday.

The Union Health Ministry is mulling regulations and stringent action against e-pharmacies, including banning them completely, following concerns over data privacy, malpractices in the sector, and irrational sale of drugs.

Government may soon finalise e-pharmacy rules which would regulate online platforms selling medicines and issuing medication

Flipkart is planning to enter the online healthcare market with the launch of Flipkart +. The Walmart-owned company announced on Friday that it will be acquiring a majority stake in SastaSundar.com that offers digital healthcare and pharmacy platform supported by a network of more than 490 pharmacies.

Growth of e-pharmacies has left many traders in the country feeling threatened, who say online drugstores can contribute to medicine sales without proper verification

The plea said that the act is giving impression that home delivery cannot take place from the local pharmacy stores and one has to buy medicines only from the e-pharmacies.

The plea, which is likely to come up for hearing on Thursday, said the Aarogya Setu website is linked to the official mobile application Aarogya Setu in a “highly illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory manner” as the website promotes and acts as a marketing tool for e-pharmacies only.

The Union Health Ministry has come out with draft rules on sale of drugs by e-pharmacies with an aim to regulate online sale of medicines across India and provide patients accessibility to genuine drugs from authentic online portals.

Around 55,000 retail chemists and pharmacists in Maharashtra joined the day-long nationwide strike on Wednesday called by All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists or AIOCD, demanding a ban on online sale of medicines, an official said.

Over 35,000 chemists and wholesalers in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana today kept their shops closed, joining nationwide strike called by All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists to protest online sale of drugs.