Query:
I am plan graduate with Arts. I have a unani medicine whole sale shop but I want to start allopathic wholesale shop but I don’t have any medical certificate like B. Pharmacy etc. So can I start this?
Response:
For selling unani medicine as a wholesaler, you don’t require having any license but for starting allopathic medicine wholesale shop, you will require to have Wholesale drug license number issued by drug control office.
For become eligible for authoritative of starting allopathic wholesale medicine business, you should have minimum of 1 year experience at any wholesale firm.
But if you don’t have allopathic wholesale experience, then you can employee a pharmacist or EP as competent person to start wholesale allopathic medicine business.
Check in detail about: How to start Allopathic medicine wholesale business?
Some requirements for starting Allopathic medicine wholesale business:
- Minimum of 10 square meter covered premises
- A Registered Pharmacist or Experience in allopathic wholesale
- Wall and Floor: Cemented
- Roof: Concrete
- Refrigerator and Air conditioner
Licenses:
- Wholesale Drug License
- Goods and Service Tax number
- FSSAI (if selling food supplements also)
- Shop registration (If applicable)
Allopathic medicine wholesale business is regulated under drug and cosmetic act & rules. Drug control department appoints a licensing authority for granting of wholesale, retail, and manufacturing and distribution licenses. Allopathic medicine wholesale drug license is fall under Drug Inspector office.
Drug Inspector or any other appointed authority for this purpose will inspect your premises after you submit all documents required for wholesale drug license. List of Documents, you can check at above links.
If all requirements are satisfactory to drug officer then your application will be approved and forwarded for allocation of wholesale drug license. After receiving wholesale drug license, you can start allopathic medicine wholesale business.
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