IPC to set up 300 ADR monitoring centres by 2020 with focus on North Eastern states
Having generated over three lakh adverse drug reaction (ADR) data as part of Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) ever since its inception in 2010, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has set a mandate to set up a total of 300 ADR monitoring centres (AMCs) by 2020 with focus on North Eastern (NE) states. Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) had launched PvPI in July 2010 with Ghaziabad-based IPC as the National Co-Ordinating Centre (NCC). “IPC is in the process of identifying district hospitals in NE states which wish to participate as AMCs under the PvPI at district level. We would be holding talks with Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine (CSTM), Kolkata in the coming days to further the expansion in NE states,” informed Secretary-cum-Scientific Director IPC Dr G N Singh. CSTM, Kolkata is dedicated to research, care and cure of tropical diseases. It is the only institution in India engaged exclusively in research, post-graduate education an...