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Panel favours registering e-pharmacies: Min

New Delhi, Dec 16 (UNI) A sub-committee constituted by the Drugs Consultative Committee (DCC) to go into the issue of online sale of drugs has submitted its report recommending evolving a mechanism to register e-pharmacies and setting geographical restrictions for operation of e-pharmacies, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
Certain categories of drugs including the Narcotic and Psychotropic drugs, tranquilisers, habit forming drugs and Schedule X drugs that are prone to being abused or misused will be excluded from sale through e-pharmacies, according to the report.
The panel also favoured creation of a national portal to act as the nodal platform for transacting and monitoring online sale of drugs.
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