In India, online sale of medicines is rampant. In the year of its launch, they have sold about 1700 crores of medicines and they give much benefit to buyers by giving a rebate of 10-50%. So, these are getting popular but affecting the sale of traditional medicine sellers by obtaining license and shop. The fight between traditional drug sellers and online e-pharmacies took a new turn as the Madras High Court has granted an interim injunction restraining the online sale of medicines till further orders, based on a plea from the Chennai-based Tamil Nadu Chemists & Druggists Association.
The court has directed the Centre to respond and posted the matter for further hearing on November 9. The association demands to block links of websites selling medicines online as purchasing medicines from unlicensed online stores can be risky. These websites may sell fake, expired, contaminated,…
