Medlife

Ananth Narayanan starts Mensa Brands after exit from PharmEasy-Medlife deal

Mensa aims to create a tech-led 'House of Brands' for e-commerce industry; has closed Series A round, raising $50 mn from Accel, Kunal Shah, Mukesh Bansal and Scott Shleifer of Tiger Global

PharmEasy acquires Medlife, becomes India's largest e-pharma company

As Medlife discontinues operations, its users will move seamlessly to Pharmeasy, which will now serve 2 million households every month

Medlife to cease operations, merge with PharmEasy this week

PharmEasy cofounder Dhaval Shah wrote on LinkedIn that the merged entity will be India's largest online healthcare delivery platform, serving over 2 million families every month.

API Holdings' proposed 100% acquisition of Medlife gets CCI's approval

Healthcare company Medlife is primarily engaged in wholesale and distribution of drugs. API Holdings is the parent entity of API Holdings group

Medlife, PharmEasy agree to merge; deal may be valued at over $1 bn

The proposed combination relates to the acquisition of 100 per cent equity shares of Medlife by API Holdings, the parent of PharmEasy, in return for 19.59 per cent equity share capital

E-health cos Medlife and PharmEasy in talks for $200 million merger deal

Aim is to create one of the world's largest healthcare companies, source says Medlife will retain 20-30% stake in combined entity

Medlife set to launch at-home coronavirus testing in select cities

The price of a test is set at Rs 4,500 and will be conducted by labs authorised by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Medlife said in a statement.

Pharma traders oppose Medlife-Uber partnership to deliver medicines

Uber, in a press release, had said that the partnership was aimed at ensuring that essential needs are fulfilled right in the safety of customers' homes

Uber partners with Medlife to deliver medicines at doorsteps in 5 cities

Kolkata, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Pune to get the service

E-pharmacies ramp up hiring as orders grow two-fold amid Covid-19 lockdown

Gurugram-based 1mg, for example, is looking to immediately hire 500 people and another 1,000 over the next 2-3 months

Despite challenges, e-pharmacies sweeten the delivery pill by using tech

The platforms have seen an upsurge up to 3x their weekly average orders, with hand sanitisers and masks being the most sought-after products

Myntra ex-boss sets sights on e-health biz; eyes 15 mn customers in 5 yrs

Ananth Narayanan wants to turn Medlife into a $2-billion player

MedLife's secret sauce behind delivering medicines in less than 2 hours

MedLife has mobile apps for everyone, and a smartphone is where all the tasks happen

India's only express player's secret behind delivering medicines in 2 hours

MedLife leverages the power of process and technology to deliver medicines to achieve this end; it now plans to crunch the time to 30 minutes or less

Will close $150-mn funding in 3-5 months: Medlife CEO Ananth Narayanan

MedLife has seen 100 per cent year-on-year growth. It has built very unique assets that are not there with other players

Medlife plans to open 750 retail pharmacies across India by 2020-end

The company, which is a leading player in the online pharmacy segment, is mainly looking at acquisitions to achieve the target