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In 2013, as reported by Pharmabiz, they even went on a nationwide strike and wanted the government to permit the partner or the proprietor of a drug store as a qualified person to dispense the medicines taking into account the shortage of qualified pharmacists. This is dangerous for the patients and is a precedent not seen anywhere else in the world. "A large number of either fictitious and unqualified persons or one person using his registration certificate in several shops, are looking after such shops but the state government has not taken any effective preventive steps," in response to PIL filed in the honourable court.ĪIOCD, instead of trying to correct the situation, has been trying to put the blame on regulators and trying to lobby that pharmacist should not be mandatory at retail pharmacies. As reported by Outlook India, the Allahabad High court's Lucknow bench in 2017 said

Lack of trained pharmacists: It has been documented as well observed by the courts that in several states, such as UP, number of pharmacies far exceeds the number of registered pharmacists in the state. The ills that prevail the Indian retail pharmacy systems are too numerous to count: AIOCD, instead of working with the Govt and public to improve the system, is focused on a fruitless attack on e-pharmacies. The retail pharmacy sector in India is a broken, porous system that suffers from systemic failure.

AIOCD due to reasons beyond comprehension. However, there is an unnecessary and vicious campaign that has been launched in India by the retail pharmacies’ association viz. While e-pharmacies are viable due to their focus on chronic therapies, retail pharmacies are necessary for immediate requirement of acute medicines such as pain killers and antibiotics.

Apart from providing access to even the remotest part of the country and making medicines affordable, E-pharmacies also ensure complete authenticity of medicines with full ‘track and trace’ capability, ensuring integrity of medicines right from manufacturers up to patients’ homes.Īll over the world, wherever e-pharmacies operate, they co-exist peacefully with retail pharmacies.