Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission

August 18, 2023

PM was recently apprised of a MoU signed between the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission and Ministry of Health, Government of the Republic of Suriname for Recognition of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) in Suriname.

National Formulary of India is a manual that contains information about selected pharmaceutical drugs.

It also includes administrative and regulatory information.

Different formularies are created for different levels of health care.

ABOUT IPC

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is an Autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
IPC is created to set standards of drugs in the country.
Its basic function is to update regularly the standards of drugs commonly required for treatment of diseases prevailing in this region.
It further promotes rational use of generic medicines by publishing National Formulary of India.
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).
- IP prescribes standards for identity, purity and strength of drugs essentially required from health care perspective of human beings and animals.
IPC 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.
The Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) is officially recognized by five countries: Afghanistan, Ghana, Nepal, Mauritius and the Republic of Suriname.
- The Health Ministry seeks to expand the nations which recognize the IP.