Vimala Karthikeyan

Netmeds.com

Netmeds.com is a fully licensed e-pharma portal that offers authenticated prescription and Over the Counter (OTC) medicine along with other health products. Netmeds is the "first-to-market" to offer a pan-India solution for the quick online purchase and fast delivery of prescription medications and has served more than 5.7 million customers in more than 670 cities and towns. The portal offers customers the convenience of ordering health products online via a simple process. A team of qualified pharmacists' vets the prescription for validity and dosage that assures dispensing only appropriate medication. Through Netmeds, consumers get access to more than 70,000 prescription drugs for chronic and recurring ailments as well as enhanced lifestyle drugs and thousands of non-prescription goods for wellness, health, and personal care. Netmeds.com is promoted by Dadha Pharma, a Chennai-based company and backed by investors including MAPE Advisory, OrbiMed, Tanncam, Sistema and Daun Penh. The Dadha family's pharmaceutical experience dates back to 1914, when they ventured first into the pharma retailing business and then into drug manufacturing in 1972.