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Type of site
  
Private

Services
  
E-commerce

Industry
  
Internet

Founded
  
2012; 5 years ago (2012)

Headquarters
  
Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Key people
  
Prashant Tandon Gaurav Agarwal Vikas Chauhan

1mg is an e-commerce health care company based in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. The company was founded in 2012 by Prashant Tandon, Gaurav Agarwal and Vikas Chauhan. 1mg operates an online marketplace for medicines, besides facilitating medical appointments and diagnostic test bookings.

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History

1mg was earlier known as HealthkartPlus, the generic drug search business of HealthKart, an online vendor of health products run by Bright Lifecare Pvt. Ltd. In April 2015, HealthkartPlus spun off into a separate entity and rebranded itself as 1mg.

Acquisitions

1mg entered the alternate medicine space (AYUSH categories) through the acquisition of Homeobuy.com in 2015. In 2016, 1mg Acquired Medd.in to enter radiology segment in the diagnostic space.

Awards and recognition

  • Winner of m-Billionth award for m-Health in South Asia
  • Recognized by the Government of India - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as a m-health initiative that consumers can use
  • Frost & Sullivan Award for "Innovative Healthcare Service Delivery Model of the Year”
  • Best App Award in medical category from Global Mobile App Summit & Awards for 2016 at Bangalore

    • References

    1mg Wikipedia
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