Legal Framework for e-pharmacy in India
E-pharmacy or Online Medical Shop : Legal Framework in India In India, 50-plus e-pharmacies including Medlife, 1MG, NetMeds, PharmEasy and others continue to do online sale-purchase of drugs, medicines, etc. even today. Because they have physical medical stores that are licensed to sell drugs. In India, the legal and regulatory provisions for manufacture and sale of medicines are covered under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (D&C Act), Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 (D&C Rule), Pharmacy Act, 1948, The Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act,2000)., Indian Medical Act, 1956 and Code of Ethics Regulations, 2002, Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act, 1954. Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 However, these donot define the regulations for online sale and monitoring of pharmaceutical medicines clearly. Accordingly, various stakeholders approached the government which then constituted an