Record of customers and ordered medicines must be maintained by the pharmacy retailer with seperate record of Schedule X and H sold to the customer.All medicines delivered must be verified by the registered pharmacist at vendor.H, H1, X, medicines cannot be sold without valid prescription.Medicines can be sold by only registered pharmacist with valid retail license.Some of the current rules and regualtion of selling prescription are: Indian Government should also frame these sorts of regualtory framework through which real and fake E-Pharmacies in India can be distinguished. These E-Pharmacy websites can be distinguished whether fake or real by the hyperlink seal which is displayed on the home page of the E-Pharmacy website. However, online sale of the prescription based medicines from the E-Pharmacy’s website are defined under the Information Technology Act, 2000.ĭeveloped foreign countries like USA, Canada, Australia and European countries have legal internet based regualtory bodies like NABP (National Association of Boards of Pharmacy) which is defined by a government verified internet pharmacy sites like VIPPS.
This move was equally supported by the Indian Government which promotes Digital India seeing E-Pharmacy as a strong part of it.Ĭurrently E-Pharmacies in India adheres to the Drug and Cosmetics Act 1940, Drugs and Cosmetic Rules 1945, Pharmacy Act 1948 and the Indian Medical Act 1956. These E-Pharmacy companies assured an ethical set of rules and regulations with strict adherence to existing legal framework of the nation.
Prashant Tandon (1 MG founder) is the president of IIPA. However, in 2015, IIPA (Indian Internet Pharmacy Association) was formed by 11 initial start up E-pharmacy companies like 1 MG, Netmeds, Bookmeds, mChemist, Medlife, Pharmeasy, Medidart, Medstar, Zigy, Save on medicals and Save my meds.
Frankly speaking about E-pharmacy model in India, currently there is no well defined law set by the Indian Government for selling prescription based medicines online delivered to the patients. Unlike general E-Commerce, the concept of E-Pharmacies in India is totally different which has some set of rules and regulatories.
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