Online medicine sale fight: 20,000 chemists in Karnataka to halt work May 20Over 20,000 chemists in Karnataka will shut down their stores on May 20. This is part of a nationwide protest against online pharmacies. Th...
19 May, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
All major pharmacy chains, hospital-based medical stores, Jan Aushadhi Kendras to remain open on May 20Pharmacies nationwide will stay open on May 20. This defies a strike called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists against...
19 May, 2026, 04.06 PM IST
Pharmacy associations to skip strike, major medicine disruption unlikelyIndia's drug regulator is actively reviewing concerns from retail chemists about e-pharmacies. The All India Organisation of Chemists and D...
18 May, 2026, 09.08 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
Government working on a policy for e-pharmacy startupsThis comes as chemists plan a one-day shutdown of their shops later this month in protest against what they allege is the illegal online sa...
07 Nov, 2016, 09.08 AM IST
Government may regulate e-Pharmacies soonThe sub-committee has defined terms related to online medicine retail, including e-prescriptions, online pharmacies, over-the-counter (OTC)...
25 Jul, 2016, 11.30 PM IST
Competition Commission cautions against unfair ways in pharma businessIn recent times, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has pulled up many chemist and druggist groupings, among others, for indulging i...
31 Jan, 2014, 07.01 PM IST
Apollo Pharmacy reviewing quality of Ranbaxy drugs"We haven't suspended the drugs per se, but our medical oversight committee has asked for FDA and GMP certificate for medicines that we dis...
08 Jun, 2013, 04.19 AM IST
CCI orders probe against Cipla, 3 others for anti-competitive actsMacleods Pharmaceuticals, FDC, Cipla, Himachal Pradesh Society of Chemist & Druggist Alliance and its president will be probed by DG Invest...
10 May, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
CCI to probe Cipla, 4 others for anti-competitive practicesThe complaint has been filed against the five entities for allegedly engaging in anti-competition practices in granting stockist licence.
09 May, 2013, 04.40 PM IST
- NPPA to crack the whip on drug cos, chemists for overcharging
Two months after the country's drug price regulator reduced the maximum retail price of popular antibiotic Ciplox TZ by about 75% to Rs 25 ...
29 Dec, 2010, 05.17 AM IST
- GSK wants change in pricing norms
Multinational drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has demanded that excise duty and other taxes, which form part of the retail price of medicin...
06 Aug, 2008, 02.00 AM IST
- Govt all set to fix profit margin for chemists
Government is all set to finalise the amount of profit that it would allow retail chemists to keep on all medicines which are outside price...
24 Mar, 2008, 12.04 AM IST
- Paswan prescribes price cuffs for 3 drugs
Government to bring 3 mass-use drugs under price control on which chemists take a hefty margin.
18 Jul, 2007, 05.05 AM IST
- Discounts to chemists may pinch drug cos
Pharmaceutical companies will soon have to think twice before doling out princely discounts to chemists.
27 Mar, 2007, 01.52 AM IST
- Law to cap trade margins of drugs
Pharmaceutical companies will soon have to think twice before doling out princely discounts to chemists.
27 Mar, 2007, 12.43 AM IST