India is a step closer to putting in place laws to ensure that patients are able to purchase genuine medicines from authentic online pharmacies, with a new draft of rules circulated among states for their opinion within two weeks, ET has learnt. The much awaited draft for e-pharmacies eases conditions that would have made it difficult for them to operate in this space, but also keeps enforceable penal provisions in case of any violations, according to persons aware of the latest draft.
