Coal Minister Pushes Health Ministry to Rein In Online Pharmacy Expansion
Kishan Reddy has flagged unregulated growth of online pharmacies, echoing chemist association concerns over deep discounting, predatory pricing, and unchecked Schedule H1 drug sales. AIOCD warns 1.24 million retail chemists are at risk if the centre fails to act on e-pharmacy regulation.
What happened
Online Pharmacies · Coal minister Kishan Reddy has urged the health ministry to act on unregulated online pharmacy expansion, citing chemist association
Key facts
- 1.24 million chemists
Why this matters
Watch for distressed e-pharmacy assets and accelerated chemist-network roll-ups as regulatory pressure tilts deal economics toward omni-channel platforms with offline anchoring.