The convenience of ordering medicines online has attracted millions, especially the elderly. While it may have made life easier for patients, questions have cropped up, leading up to a clash between corporate titans that run online pharmacies and an influential trade body of chemists. The gloves are off, as the likes of Reliance, Tata, Flipkart, and Amazon have acquired or set up online-pharmacy businesses, investing billions of dollars to build
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