KATHMANDU, March 27: The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has instructed not to operate online pharmacies.
Director General of the Department, Narayan Prasad Dhakal, said that he ordered the disclosure of online pharmacies after the online pharmacies were found selling medicines through false and misleading advertising.
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According to Dhakal, no pharmacy has obtained permits from the department for running online pharmacies so far and drugs were being sold illegally offering discounts in the name of online pharmacies through social networking sites.
He said that drugs were being sold in the name of online pharmacies with deceptive marketing gimmicks. Clause 19 of the Drugs Act-2034 BS mandates that there should not be any false and misleading advertising of medicines.
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