Order medicines 24/7, NetMeds mobile app launched

NEW DELHI: NetMeds.com, the Dadha Group-owned e-marketplace for pharma, has launched its mobile app, bringing the convenience of buying prescription medication online to everyone with a smartphone and a valid prescription.

NetMeds explained that this application can be downloaded on any android or iPhone device enabling users to validate their prescriptions, and learn about various medicines and also compare the prices of the drugs.

The app makes the entire Netmeds.com catalogue of more than 50,000 SKU’s available to everyone with a valid prescription and a smart phone. Consumers will now have 24/7 access to the most up-to-date and affordable drugs for health maintenance, ordered online and delivered across the country. The company has tied-up with India Post to provide delivery services.

The app will also maintain the records of the medicine order and will give refill reminders to make sure the medication is not forgotten. Once a user has uploaded their prescription, it is carefully examined by the company's pharmacists, for proper dosage, duration, and other points of validity, further ensuring the patient of the best possible outcome. Once validated it becomes ‘cloud-stored and retrievable document’, which is important not only for refill purposes but also in the course of overall health maintenance management.

Commenting on the launch Pradeep Dadha, CEO of Netmeds, said, “This is an important milestone for Netmeds.com as well as taking a giant leap forward in the war against chronic disease. Through the app we aim to reach out to the millions of people living in non-metro areas where access to many drugs, up until now has been limited and difficult.”

The app is said to give an opportunity to prescription medication users to select their required medications from more than 260 drug categories especially for chronic conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension and cholesterol control.