All Licensees Allowed To Deliver Medicines At Home Since March
This was done through a notification by the Health Ministry on March 26. It implies that all Indian licensees are permitted to deliver at home and e-pharma is essentially nomenclature.
New Delhi: Amid the controversy over online delivery of medicines, it has emerged that the Union Health Ministry had given explicit approval for doorstep delivery of drugs through email since March.
This was done through a notification by the Health Ministry on March 26. It implies that all Indian licensees are permitted to deliver at home and e-pharma is essentially nomenclature.
"Whereas the central government is satisfied that retail sale of drugs to the doorstep of consumers is essential to meet the requirements of emergency arising out of Covid-19 pandemic and in the public interest," the Ministry said.