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(THE GIST OF PIB) Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission
(THE GIST OF PIB) Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission
(October-2023)
Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission
- Recently, the Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG) announced the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) as a PDG member during PDG Stakeholder’s meeting in Hyderabad.
- After 1 year of pilot phase, based on IPC’s involvement, contribution and future potential, the decision on inclusion as permanent member of PDG was taken.
About Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission:
- It is an autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India.
- It is created to set standards of drugs in the country.
- Functions:
- Its basic function is to update regularly the standards of drugs commonly required for treatment of diseases prevailing in this region.
- It publishes official documents for improving Quality of Medicines by way of adding new and updating existing monographs in the form of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP).
- It further promotes rational use of generic medicines by publishing National Formulary of India.
- It prescribes standards for identity, purity and strength of drugs essentially required from health care perspective of human beings and animals.
- It also provides IP Reference Substances (IPRS) which act as a finger print for identification of an article under test and its purity as prescribed in IP.
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