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Thought this was interesting news - alexbfr - 01-21-2017
tribuneindia.com/news/nation/e-pharmacies-can-t-sell-prescription-drugs/322186.html
E-pharmacies can’t sell prescription drugs
Drug Controller asks for crackdown on online sales
Posted at: Nov 12, 2016
Cautioning healthcare consumers against buying drugs online, the government today said all e-pharmacies selling prescription drugs were illegal and would be proceeded against.
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), the country’s apex drug regulator, has asked his state counterparts to crack down on online pharmacies selling medicines, which are to be made available only on doctors’ prescription under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940.
The online sale of high generation antibiotics whose over-consumption can lead to anti-microbial resistance in the community; of specific drugs used to treat cancer and other difficult conditions and of habit-forming drugs is unlawful under the Act, which prescribes punishment for sale of prescription drugs without the supervision of a registered pharmacist.
“We are in the process of finalising our recommendations on ways to regulate the sector. We are proposing suitable amendments to the Drug Act to make room for e-pharmacies, but under our watch. Till the time a law is in place to permit the regulated sale of specified drugs through e-pharmacies, the online sale of medicines will remain illegal,” DCGI GN Singh said.
The Drug Controller is proposing to amend the 1940 Act, under which e-pharmacies will be required to register on a central platform anddispense only non-prescription and other low-risk drugs first.
DCGI is basing its recommendations on the report of a central committee submitted to the Central Drug Standards Control Organisation. It will now forward its recommendations to the Health Ministry.
“We are not against allowing e-pharmacies. But these must run under a regulatory framework. Also, we will ensure the existing pharmacists are not disturbed. More than 1.20 lakh pharmacists enter the drug market annually," Singh said.
RE: Thought this was interesting news - Charon - 01-21-2017
Well, isn't that special. yet another country wants to stir up troubles.
btw, alex, please hit the welcome thread. It is rule #1 here.