Flipkart will now have a service to deliver medicines and will host an online pharmacy with the possession of Sastasundar.com.They will deliver medicines at your doorsteps. Starting with the online pharmacy business, it’s a new initiative for Flipkart Health+ in the e-commerce sector. SastaSundar.com is well known digital pharmacy and healthcare platform. Eventually, they will try to offer e-diagnostics and e-consultation through its platform. The pharmacies aim to provide easily accessible and affordable healthcare products for their customers.
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Flipkart has announced that it has acquired a majority tie-up in the online pharmacy business and digital healthcare platform. Along with this, the company has stimulated its Flipkart Health+ program. They will also provide personal counseling through this network, thus delivering solutions for a healthcare range. Through Flipkart Health+, people will get an end-to-end health tech ecosystem while sitting at home.
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This new initiative from Flipkart healthcare+ will provide Indian users with easily accessible and affordable healthcare products. Moving forward, the company plans to add new healthcare services, including e-diagnostics and e-consultation programs.
The acquisition and the new adventure can be seen as an action by Flipkart to take on rival e-commerce enterprises in the country, numerous of which have formally entered the online drugstore space. Amazon India, for case, launched Amazon Pharmacy in Bengaluru in August last time. On the other hand, Tata Digital bought online drugstore 1 mg before this time in a deal analogous to that of Flipkart.
It only makes sense for Flipkart to jump onto the crusade as well. The e-commerce sector is seeing neck-to-neck competition in all verticals. E-pharmacy is one of the platforms that will be commonplace very soon for our country.