Pharma majors flip consideration to OTC medication in post-pandemic wellness shift

As a class of medicine, over-the-counter (OTC) medicines wouldn’t have a authorized definition in India. For all sensible functions, medicines are thought-about OTC until it’s particularly acknowledged that they’re prescription-only medication. So, customers can purchase OTC medication from any pharmacy (bodily or on-line), retail retailer or grocery store with out a physician’s prescription. About two weeks in the past, joint medication controller A Ok Pradhan mentioned that discussions and deliberations have been on to herald pointers for OTC medicines.

 

Since the pandemic, when folks all of a sudden discovered themselves alone and in a scenario the place they needed to fend for themselves, OTC medicines have reached an inflection level. People’s consciousness about their well being wants and willingness to spend extra on wellness has made