The Delhi High Court has
ordered a ban on the sale of online medicines by E-pharmacies across the
country. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and and
Justice V K Rao has also ordered central and delhi governments to implement the
order.
Main
concerns:
Government’s
stand:
The Union Health Ministry had
come out with draft rules on sale of drugs by E-pharmacies in September 2018. The
objective of these rules was to regulate the sale of medicines across India. The
government did not ban the sale of drugs online because such sale also provides
the patients in remote areas access to genuine drugs from authentic portals.
The draft rules had mandated that no person will distribute or sell, stock,
exhibit or offer for sale of drugs through e-pharmacy portal unless registered.
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