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The growth of e-pharmacies in India expresspharma
August 13, 2021
Rahul Nath Choudhury, Research fellow, ICWA, explains what motivates people in the pharma industry to invest into e-pharmacies, along with various other growth factors associated with these.
PharmEasy-Thyrocare deal milestone for e-pharmacy sector expresspharma
July 06, 2021
The online pharmacy sector has seen many deals but the announcement of PharmEasy’s impending acquisition of diagnostics major Thyrocare on June 26 took many by surprise.
e-pharmacies could lead to increase in drug misuse or abuse: Poll pharmaceutical-technology
June 08, 2021
While e-pharmacies such as Amazon Pharmacy are reliable, illegal online pharmacies still pose a great threat to customers.
Poll evokes mixed response on the positive impact of e-pharmacies pharmaceutical-technology
May 28, 2021
Amazon entered into the e-pharmacy market in 2018 with the acquisition of PillPack in the US and since expanded its presence to other markets.
OTC Drugs and E-Pharmacies: High time for regulation? expresspharma
April 09, 2021
It is not an uncommon trend in India to self-medicate for minor bodily discomforts. The COVID-19 pandemic has in all probability only served to exacerbate this trend. Online sales of medicinal drugs have also seen a major uptick in the past year.
The government needs to notify the final e-pharmacy rules at the earliest expresspharma
February 04, 2021
Dr Varun Gupta, Convenor, Digital Health Platforms (DHP), and VP at 1mg, informs that digital health is a sector with high level of investment activity and Indian start-ups have a chance to lead the world with little clarity from the regulatory bodies ...
AIOCD writes to Ratan Tata asking not to venture into e-pharmacy space expresspharma
November 09, 2020
Previously, the association has written to the heads of Amazon, Flipkart and Reliance.
E-commerce: Will e-pharmacies become the norm? expresspharma
October 26, 2020
In the past decade, e-commerce has grown exponentially. Today, the online marketplace offers almost everything, including medicines. Under the e-pharmacies format, patients fill out their prescriptions online and get medicines delivered to their ...
IAMAI requests government to notify e-pharmacy rules expresspharma
June 17, 2020
IAMAI said that in the absence of a set of clearly defined rules, various groups with vested interests are approaching the courts and jeopardising 30,000 livelihoods directly or indirectly employed in this sector.
Govt to soon come out with clarifications on online sale of medicines financialexpress
January 13, 2017
E-pharmacy players, in recent months, have come under attack from off-line chemist stores that allege that the former are violating foreign direct investment (FDI) rules by offering discounts