Bihar medicine traders join nation-wide strike

PATNA: About 44000 medicine shops across Bihar downed their shutters to join the nation-wide strike of drug traders in protest against the central government decision to allow online sale of medicines and mandatory appointment of a pharmacist in drug store on Tuesday.

A rough estimate showed that business worth Rs 30 crore had been hampered due to the strike.

In the state capital about 1700 medicines shops remained closed throughout the day.

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Raids continued on medicine shops

Drug Controller and Commercial Taxes Departments officials continued their tirade against illegal medicine racket in Patna on November 29, 2015.
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Seminar on 'Drugs and Pharmaceuticals' held in Patna

Bihar's Food and Consumer Protection Minister Shyam Rajak inaugurated a seminar on " Drugs and Pharmaceuticals" in Patna on January 9, 2011.

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