Covid-19 pandemic: PEs pour $584 million into healthcare in 2021

While tech healthcare is undoubtedly coming into focus, it is led primarily by online pharmacies that are diversifying to include diagnostic services, tele-consultations and so on. IMAGE: Cartoon......

PharmEasy buys Medlife, becomes largest e-pharma company

As Medlife discontinues operations, its users will move seamlessly to Pharmeasy, which will now serve 2 million households every month. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com PharmEasy has acquired......

Pandemic brings windfall for e-pharma companies

The online pharmacy market, which was worth about $512 million in 2018, is growing at a CAGR of 63 per cent and is expected to hit overall revenues of over $3.6 billion by 2022. Illustration:......

Are e-pharmacies illegal in India?

The legal regime does not permit home delivery of medicines, tough owing to situation of COVID-19 pandemic and an emergency-like situation, the government allowed the home delivery of medicines but......