ETtech Explainer: ePharma firms see no headache from doorstep medicine delivery roll backThe Drug Technical Advisory Board’s 2020 notification allowing doorstep delivery of medicines has become a new bone of contention. Traditio...
08 May, 2025, 07.38 AM IST
Panel to take a call on doorstep medicine deliveryIndia's drug advisory body is considering the future of doorstep medicine delivery, initiated during the Covid pandemic. The All-India Orga...
03 May, 2025, 08.49 PM IST
E-pharmacy draft rules: DCGI holds fresh talks with all stakeholdersThe Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Thursday held fresh consultations with stakeholders on the draft rules to regulate e-pharma...
26 Aug, 2023, 10.08 AM IST
Medicine traders flag crisis of essential medicines due to farmers' agitationAmid the siege on the capital by farmers protesting against the newly-formed agrarian laws by the Centre on its various borders, the All In...
06 Dec, 2020, 10.00 PM IST
Online pharmacies are helping to lower health costs in IndiaWhat happened in general retail, with the entry of Flipkart, Amazon, is now happening in drug retail.
11 Nov, 2018, 10.13 PM IST
Why government's new draft rule could make or break e-pharmacies like NetMeds, PharmEasyExperts say e-pharmacies are here to stay, with their discounts and doorstep deliveries. Fair and just regulation is the need of the hour b...
10 Apr, 2018, 12.44 PM IST
All-India strike by 8.50 lakh chemists successful: AIOCDA total 8.50 million employees are directly involved in the retail pharmacy business, and 72,000 of the striking retailers are from Maharas...
30 May, 2017, 02.33 PM IST
Pharmacies likely to remain closed todayPharmacy apex council, All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists, has called the one-day strike to protest against the strict rules ...
30 May, 2017, 10.24 AM IST
Chemists in Punjab, Haryana join strike against e-pharmacyJoining nationwide strike, over 35,000 chemists and wholesalers in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana today kept their shops closed.
14 Oct, 2015, 12.49 PM IST
Nationwide chemists' strike tomorrow to oppose online pharmacyThe All India Organisation of Chemists & Druggists has called a nationwide chemists' strike tomorrow demanding action from the Centre again...
13 Oct, 2015, 07.23 PM IST
Chemists call for strike on Oct 14 against online drug saleAn umbrella body of druggists and chemists today announced a nationwide strike on October 14 to demand action against "illegal" online sale...
12 Oct, 2015, 06.22 PM IST
Chemists and druggists to shut nation-wide on October 14Chemists and druggists across India will go on a one-day stir on October 14 to protest against sale of medicines online.
05 Oct, 2015, 08.48 PM IST
Chemists call for nationwide strike on October 14Presently, online pharmacy business is going on illegally and authorities are not taking any action against them on the complaints made by ...
01 Oct, 2015, 08.23 PM IST
Pharmaceutical companies refute Congress' post claiming hike in prices of life-saving drugsNovartis, which owns patent for Glivec globally but excluding India, and Natco Pharma, whose generic version of drug was also listed on web...
02 Oct, 2014, 05.45 AM IST
Diabetes drug ban to help companies like USV, Sun Pharma, LupinIn the wake of a government ban on top-selling diabetes drug, pioglitazone , the volumes are expected to shift to other classes such as fir...
01 Jul, 2013, 05.49 AM IST
14000 Gujarat chemists shut shops, join nationwide strikeGujarat chemists join national strike call given by All India Organisation of Chemists & Druggist (AIOCD) on Friday.
09 May, 2013, 06.48 PM IST