e-pharma
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Franchise India Bureau Dec 13 2018 - 1 min readDelhi High Court has banned the sale of online medicines by e-pharmacists across India. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao ordered Centre and the AAP government to immediately implement the order. The court has passed the order on a PIL filed by Delhi-based dermatologist Zaheer Ahmed. In his petition, Zaheer said ...
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Franchise India Bureau Nov 26 2018 - 1 min readAfter receiving over 7,000 representations in favour of the draft document, the Central Government has started work on the final notification on regulating online pharmacies. The proposed e-pharmacy rules were opened for public comments in September. As per these rules, only government-registered e-portals can sell medicines, but they are required to preserve prescriptions and verify ...
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Franchise India Bureau Nov 23 2018 - 1 min readMedlife, an online e-pharmacy company, has acquired EClinic24/7, a Bangalore-based consumer healthcare startup. EClinic24/7 was founded by Jeyandran Venugopal. With this acquisition, Medlife will offer an enhanced and seamless healthcare experience in e-consultation on its platform, for both patients and doctors. Medlife is first of its kind online pharmacy company that provides a one-stop access ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 03 2018 - 1 min readWith the online sale of medicine getting gaining popularity, the Union Health Ministry has issued draft rules on sale of drugs by e-pharmacy. The ministry has come out with the set of draft rules to amend the Drug and Cosmetics Rules, 1945. As per the new draft rules, online pharmacies will need to register with ...
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Franchise India Bureau Mar 30 2018 - 2 min readOnline pharmacy app Myra has raised about Rs 12 crore ($1.84 million) in a fresh round led by Bengaluru-based Metarain Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd, two people familiar with the matter said. Tokyo-headquartered management consulting firm Dream Incubator led the round with an infusion of Rs 6.5 crore ($1 million), while existing investors Matrix Partners and ...