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Chemists successful large Andhra Pradesh cities, including Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Tirupati, downed shutters connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) successful a one-day bandh called by the All India Organisation of Chemists & Druggists (AIOCD) against the increasing merchantability of medicines done online pharmacies, which they accidental let radical to bargain drugs without a prescription.
In Vijayawada, members of the NTR District Chemists & Druggists Association took retired a rally connected Nakkala Road, highlighting the issues they look due to the fact that of the increasing dominance of online medicine sales.
Pharmacists protestation the increasing merchantability of medicines done online pharmacies, adjacent Jagadamba Circle successful Visakhapatnam connected Wednesday, during a nationwide bandh called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists.
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Speaking astatine the rally, the association’s wide secretary, D.V.R. Sai Kumar, pointed retired that e-pharmacies person impacted nationalist wellness too, since these platforms let radical to bargain medicines without a prescription.
Habit-forming drugs, antibiotics and Medical Termination of Pregnancy kits are not sold successful a chemist store without a doctor’s prescription, but determination are nary restrictions portion purchasing them from e-pharmacies, they said, adding that the bandh had been called successful the larger nationalist interest.
Medical shops stay unopen successful Vijayawada connected Wednesday during a one-day bandh against e-pharmacies, called by the Chemists and Druggists Association implicit unfair pricing and relaxed online drug-retail rules.
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The Krishna District Wholesale Drug Trade Association is besides participating successful the bandh. On Tuesday (May 19, 2026), officials successful the Drugs Control Administration, NTR district, said indispensable precautionary arrangements had been made to guarantee medicines remained disposable passim the district.
Pharmacists and chemists protestation successful enactment of the nationwide bandh called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists, successful Vijayawada connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao
In Visakhapatnam, instructions person been issued to guarantee that astatine slightest 1 aesculapian store remains unfastened successful each centre crossed the district, to debar inconvenience to the public.
The medication said aesculapian shops successful hospitals and nursing homes would relation arsenic usual, and that determination would beryllium nary shortage of medicines for patients. MedPlus Pharmacy informed the authorities that each its outlets successful the territory would stay unfastened connected the bandh day, portion Apollo Pharmacy stated that astatine slightest 50% of its stores would function.
