Bengaluru September 20, 2022: Flipkart, India's homegrown e-commerce marketplace, announced the launch of Medicines via its app through Flipkart Health+. This gives millions of customers access to medicines, wellness products, and healthcare supplies at affordable prices. Customers across India can now order a wide selection of affordable and genuine medicines and healthcare products within minutes.

The Flipkart Health+ app that powers this availability has mandated its sellers to follow meticulous processes for quality checks to ensure customers get access to genuine and trusted pharmaceutical products. Additionally, adequate measures have been implemented to ensure data security through multilevel regulations and encryptions, keeping data privacy paramount.

Customers can order 48,000+ prescription medicines with easy-to-use features such as:

Hassle-free upload of doctor prescriptions.

Effortless checkout process.

Multiple payment options.

Flipkart Health+ Wallet.

Flipkart Plus Members can also utilize their SuperCoins to redeem exciting offers.

Industry Growth and Reach

The e-pharmacy industry in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 40-45%, as compared to Global E-Pharmacy markets, which are expected to increase at a CAGR of around 15-20%.

Prashant Jhaveri, CEO of Flipkart Health+, said, "The access to Flipkart Health+ via the Flipkart app brings us one step closer towards achieving our goal to make trusted healthcare accessible and affordable to billions of Indians. Benefitting from the expertise and experience of the Flipkart Group's supply chain and last-mile logistics, we are ready to cater to customers' medical needs across the country."

Hemant Badri, Senior Vice President and Head of Supply Chain at Flipkart, added, "With the introduction of medicines on Flipkart, we now enable accessibility of genuine medicines for customers beyond the top 100 cities through our supply chain."

About the Flipkart Group

The Flipkart Group is one of India's leading digital commerce entities and includes group companies Flipkart, Myntra, Flipkart Wholesale, Flipkart Health+ and Cleartrip. Started in 2007, Flipkart has enabled millions of customers, sellers, merchants, and small businesses to be a part of India's digital commerce revolution. With a registered customer base of more than 400 million, it offers over 150 million products across 80+ categories. Flipkart is known for pioneering services such as Cash on Delivery, No Cost EMI and easy returns

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