MedPlus

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MedPlus Health Services Ltd.
Company type Public
NSE:  MEDPLUS
BSE:  543427
IndustryPharmacy retail
Founded2006
FounderMadhukar Gangadi
Headquarters,
India
Number of locations
4,230+ stores (2024)
Area served
India
RevenueIncrease2.svg4,603 crore (US$580 million) (FY23) [1]
Decrease2.svg49 crore (US$6.1 million) (FY23) [1]
Number of employees
10,000+ [2] (2015)
Subsidiaries MedPlusMart.com
MedPlusLab.com
MedPlusLens.com
MedPlusIndia.com
Website www.medplusindia.com

MedPlus Health Services is an Indian pharmacy retail chain, headquartered in Hyderabad. [3] MedPlus is the second largest pharmacy chain in India, operating over 4,230+ pharmacy stores across 600 cities, as of 2024. [4]

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MedPlus sells prescription and OTC medicines, FMCG products, vitamins and other nutrition supplements, and opticals.[ citation needed ] It also offers clinical laboratory services and physician consultation services in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Bangalore. The company owns and runs ePharmacy [5] and an online clinical lab service. [6] [7]

History

A MedPlus outlet in Hyderabad. Medplus pharmacy.jpg
A MedPlus outlet in Hyderabad.

MedPlus was founded in 2006 by Madhukar Gangadi. The company's first store was launched in Hyderabad. [8] Initially operating under the Aushadhi brand name, it was rebranded as MedPlus after the opening of the first 48 stores.[ citation needed ]

The company opened pharmacies in the western states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in 2007 but had to shut down and exit operations due to recurring losses. [9] It relaunched stores in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in 2014.[ citation needed ]

In 2008, it opened diagnostics centers in five cities under its subsidiary MedPlus Pathlabs. [10] In 2015, it started its e-pharmacy division. [11]

In December 2021, MedPlus Health Services launched its initial public offering (IPO) and got listed on the Indian stock exchanges. [12]

Criticism

The AIOCD (All India organization of Chemists & Druggists) called for a nationwide strike on 14 October 2015 against online sale of drugs and criticized ePharmacies [13] like MedPlusMart.com as illegal and a threat to the interests of around 8.5 lakhs chemists [14] around India. MedPlus defended its online sales policy [15] as being in compliance with the current drug act and as a valuable service to its customers.

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