Easy access to weight-loss drugs rings alarm bells among doctors, authorities; regulators step inWeight-loss drugs are being sold without prescriptions in India. This is causing alarm among doctors and authorities. People are buying the...
07 Apr, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
Delhi govt directs all pharmaceutical shops to install CCTV cameras to regulate sale of drugs without prescriptionsDelhi government mandates CCTV installation in all pharmacies by July 2025. This aims to stop the sale of low-quality and dual-use medicine...
25 Jul, 2025, 12.34 PM IST
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
OTC policy can boost drug access, marketA government-appointed panel is considering allowing commonly used cough and cold medicines, antacids, and fever-reducing drugs to be sold ...
02 May, 2024, 10.41 PM IST
CAIT urges govt to take action against e-pharmacy firms"It's a case of capital dumping in these e-pharmacies by foreign behemoths. Which can prove extremely detrimental to the sustenance and fut...
25 Aug, 2021, 10.41 PM IST
Chemist body AIOCD writes to Jeff Bezos, says e-pharmacies are 'illegal'The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), which claims to represent 8.5 lakh chemists, on August 14 wrote to Bezos and ...
20 Aug, 2020, 06.13 PM IST
Pharmacists to ration drugs to avoid shortagePharmacists in the country have decided to ration the sale of medicines to customers in a bid to curb panic buying and stave off a shortage...
15 Apr, 2020, 07.39 AM IST
Drug eTailers face traditional pharma retailers’ wrath as policy evolvesFollowing the issuance of the draft guidelines by the government, stakeholders are expected to send their suggestions within a forty-five d...
29 Sep, 2018, 10.23 AM 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
Panel prescribes national portal to keep an eye on online pharmaciesThe 121-page report will now be studied by the ministry and suitable changes in the legislative provisions may be considered to allow onlin...
29 Nov, 2016, 01.39 AM IST
Confusion among chemists adds to the pain of consumersIn private chemist shops, chemists are not taking any chance and have flatly refused to accept the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
15 Nov, 2016, 01.11 AM IST
Online pharmacy startups struggle to convert orders into salesThe startups, already facing opposition from offline chemists, are spending a large chunk of their investments on improving patient awarene...
20 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
E-pharmacies face problems with improper drug prescriptions, sales struggleGulati said the rejection rate of orders reached almost 30% at his company a few months ago because of prescriptions that were dated.
19 Nov, 2015, 02.28 PM IST
8 lakh chemists gear up to down shutters on October 14 to protest online drug salesNearly 8 lakh chemists across the country have decided to down their shutters on October 14 to oppose sale of medicines via internet-based ...
05 Oct, 2015, 04.34 AM IST
Ex-Ranbaxy top executive Rajiv Gulati rolls out drug delivery startupRajiv Gulati, who quit last year as president Ranbaxy, is floating a start-up which offers a 'mail order service' for chronic medicines.
03 Jul, 2015, 11.54 AM IST
- Neighbourhood chemist stocks up on FMCG goods
First it was the pressure from thinning margins. And now it is the lure of big money from FMCG players.
16 Aug, 2006, 12.00 AM IST