MedPlus launches India’s first pharmacy e-tailer service in Hyderabad

MedPlus, a leading pharmacy retailer with over 1240 stores across India, has launched India’s first of its kind pharmacy e-commerce service – ‘Click, Pick & Save’ in Hyderabad. Very soon the company is planning to expand this service to more than 50 cities in the country.

This is first of its kind service being provided to customers in India. Through this e-tailer service, one can search, select medicines, compare alternatives and place an order or just upload prescription and book order. “The main aim of this e-tailer service is to provide buyers the opportunity to harness the benefits of e-commerce in healthcare like never before,” said Dr Madhukar Gangadi, founder & CEO of MedPlus Health Services.

This new services helps the customers to pick the medicines within 6 hrs from the nearest MedPlus store and can save up to 15 per cent on cost of medicines and 5-30 per cent on FMCG products.

To avail the ‘Click, Pick & Save’ service, pharmacy customers can log onto www.medplusmart.com, search & select (from over 30,000 products) the medicines and FMCG products they need, or just scan & upload their prescription to the site, in which case a MedPlus representative will call and book the order.

As current government regulations do not allow medicines to be delivered to buyer’s homes, customers can pick up their order from their nearest MedPlus store in Hyderabad within six hours of placing an order. The online store offers lucrative discounts and let users book reward points with the FlexiRewards scheme of MedPlus.

“The new initiative is an important milestone for us and we are confident that it will revolutionize the retail pharmacy landscape in the country. Our aspiration is to provide customers with seamless shopping for medicines and other health and personal care items combining offline and online services. With the added convenience and benefits this service brings to the customers, we expect to double our consumer base within a year. We are all set to replicate this model shortly in the 12 states where we have presence,” Dr Madhukar added.

Dr Surendra Mantena, COO, MedPlus Health Services said that the online service not only guarantees availability of quality medicines to all customers anywhere in the city, but also provides valuable information about drug usage, side effects etc, and allows them to compare prices of equivalent brands.

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