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Online pharmacy Netmed plans to reach all small towns

Firm is waiting for GST before it ties up with pharmacies in these territories

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Veena Mani New Delhi
Netmed.com, an online pharmacy, plans to start supplying to offline pharmacies apart from selling directly to patients.

Pradeep Dadha, founder and CEO of Netmed, said the company had the requisite infrastructure in place and was awaiting the goods and services tax to begin business-to-business arrangements with pharmacies.

Dadha explained transporting medicines from one state to another would become less taxing in the GST regime. Netmed plans to procure from drug manufacturers and sell to pharmacies it has tie-ups with. At present, the company procures from wholesale and retail shops to cater to its clientele.

Netmed wants to

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