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Participating successful a nation-wide strike, the chemists and druggists person closed their aesculapian stores crossed the State connected Wednesday. The members of Andhra Pradesh Chemists and Druggists Association (APCDA) demanded the Union authorities to instantly retreat regulatory notifications GSR 817 (E) and GSR 220 (E), which they allege are being misused by assorted online platforms.
APCDA president P.V. Ratnam said, “A memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi was submitted done District Collectors highlighting the amerciable and unregulated online merchantability of medicines, location transportation of medicines without verified prescriptions and predatory heavy discounting practices by e-commerce platforms, which are adversely affecting the tiny and marginal licensed chemists.”
“The medicines are not mean commodities. The uncontrolled online merchantability of pills without due verification poses a sedate menace to nationalist health, diligent information and the regulatory model established nether the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. We entreaty the Central authorities to instrumentality contiguous corrective measures to support the patients arsenic good arsenic the licensed chemists,” helium added.
