At a time when the Drug Controller General of India is formulating a framework for online pharmacies to operate in India, mChemist has launched its operations claiming to be the first compliant online pharmacy in India. The website allows users to order medicines after signing up to the website and uploading a valid prescription. The service also allows users to upload their prescriptions via WhatsApp. Users can also order medicines through their Android application. Apart from prescription drugs, mChemist also sells OTC medicines, herbal products, orthopaedic aids, vitamin supplements, alternative medicines, devices and other health care products. According to a report by the Times of India, mChemist supplies prescription drugs in Delhi, and non-prescription and over-the-counter products to Mumbai and Kolkata. The company was founded by Rajiv Gulati, former president of global pharmaceutical business of Ranbaxy, Rajiv Ranjan, previously a corporate advisor with Apollo Hospitals and ex Director CVS-Caremark, Gurvinder Pal Singh Baxi, a pharma supply chain entrepreneur and Navinder Singh Sethi, ex-associate director of Eli Lilly and Company. The TOI report says that the company is currently self-funded. mChemist says that it has has a team of dedicated pharmacists who read, transcribe and parse the uploaded prescriptions in real time and make medicines available for purchase by the patients. The company says that it is in accordance of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act which require a registered pharmacist to dispense medicine. From their terms and conditions: mChemist is engaged in the business of rendering a variety of healthcare services, including (a) the sale of conventional &…
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