Amazon could position the potential investment on similar lines to its previous stake purchases in retail chains such as Shoppers Stop and Future Coupons, where it had also acquired a minority shareholding along with exclusive rights to index products from those retailers on its platform

AIOCD, which has a membership strength of 8.5 lakh retail and wholesale medicine sellers, has been opposing online pharmacies ever since the government mooted the idea of allowing such players in the country

The disruption arising out of COVID-19 has triggered a fundamental transformation in India's healthcare ecosystem and more Indians now prefer digital doctor consultations, reveal a recent survey

RIL share price gained 1.5% or Rs 32 to Rs 2,150 against previous close of Rs 2,118 on BSE

This investment represents approximately 60 per cent holding in the equity share capital of Vitalic, and 100 per cent direct equity ownership of its subsidiaries collectively known as Netmeds

Flipkart is in talks with PharmEasy amid continued demand for online medicine delivery. Amazon had also recently announced that it would launch online medicine delivery service

Amazon will deliver medicines through an online service called Amazon Pharmacy. The services have been piloted in Bengaluru.

With this launch, Amazon India joins the league of healthcare start-ups such as Practo, NetMeds, 1mg, PharmEasy, Medlife, among others

As many as 79 per cent chemists in the state of Assam, Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Tamil Nadu, have emptied their stock of medical abortion pills in the months of the January-March period

In a first, an industry-backed coalition of over 100 healthcare specialists has come together to launch a nationwide telemedicine platform Swasth for corona care that  digitally connects Indians with the doctors and wellness providers

Both e-pharma and the online grocery sector witnessed a massive spike of 100 per cent during the first two stages of lockdown, with the average order size increasing by another 20 per cent

A clutch of start-ups is offering solutions to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic

Recently, Netmeds tied up with RIL-owned Reliance Retail for supplying essentials like groceries to its customers

According to counsellors in Goa, number of SOS calls from victims of domestic violence and those suffering from anxiety have risen considerably during these unprecedented times

FMCG, online retail, telecom and pharma seem to be the obvious gainers of the Covid-19 pandemic

Practo announced that it has collaborated with Thyrocare to conduct COVID-19 detection tests, which has been authorized by the Government of India and The Indian Council of Medical Research.

Coronavirus in India: India can conquer COVID-19 and set an example for the rest of the world because we have the largest number of young skilled doctors, nurses and technicians, thanks to our government's progressive policies

There are currently no vaccines or treatments approved for novel coronavirus or COVID-19, but researchers are studying existing treatments and working on experimental ones

Coronavirus outbreak news: As per figures by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the highest number of cases are from Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka

Trader groups have protested for years against e-pharmacies, saying they challenge their businesses and could allow medicines to be abused by being sold without proper verification