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Centre mulling taking action against e-pharmacies over data misuse
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IANS | 14 Mar, 2023
The Centre is planning to regulate the e-pharmacy industry over misuse of data, sources said.
According
to a source, the Health Ministry is working on a policy to regulate the
e-pharmacy industry market in the country, and a Group of Ministers
(GoM) are in favour of the closure of e-pharmacies. "They did not
propose the idea in the present shape. The government can take action
against them," the source said.
"Health Ministry has taken note
of malpractices reported in the sector which lead to concerns over data
privacy, sales of medicines without prescription, and predatory
pricing," the source added.
The action follows after the Drugs
Controller General of India (DCGI) last month issued a show-cause notice
on online pharmacies asking them why action should not be taken against
them for selling and distributing drugs without licence.
The
notice was issued to online pharmacies including Tata 1mg, Amazon, and
Flipkart, for selling and distributing drugs in contravention of
provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
"This office has
received various representations from time to time raising concerns
regarding sale of drugs through online, internet or other electronic
platforms including various mobile applications, in contravention to the
provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 & Rules there
under. Such sale includes drugs specified in Schedule H, HI and X which
are only allowed to be sold by retail under a valid prescription of a
registered medical practitioner and supplied under the supervision of a
registered pharmacist," the DCGI had said in the notice.
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