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In a significant diplomatic development, Nicaragua has become the first Spanish-speaking nation to officially recognize the Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) or Indian Pharma standards. This development follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Pharmacopoeia Cooperation between the Governments of India and Nicaragua. The ceremony, held in Nicaragua's capital, saw the signing of the MoU by Dr Sumit Seth, the Indian Ambassador to Nicaragua, and Dr Martha Reyes, Nicaragua's Minister of Health.

CDSCO releases regulatory guidelines for sampling of drugs, cosmetics & medical devices by drugs inspectors of central & state drug authorities. As per CDSCO, it will streamline and rationalize the sampling procedure of drugs, cosmetics & medical devices and maintain a centralized monthly database of Not of standard Quality (NSQ) or Spurious drugs to publish on CDSCO.

Aiming for Viksit Bharat by 2047 and with a sharp focus and providing momentum to Nari Shakti, Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today proposed vaccination to prevent Cervical Cancer and amalgamation of various schemes for maternal and child care, as she presented the Interim Budget 2024-25 in Parliament today.

Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare inaugurated the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) Sub Zonal office and Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CDTL) in Indore, Madhya Pradesh today.

With the launch of ICD 11, Traditional Medicine Module 2 by the World Health Organization today, preparations have started for its implementation. The data and terminology relating to diseases based on Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani Medicine have been included in the WHO ICD-11 classification. With this effort, the terminology defining diseases in Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha medicine has been indexed as a code and included in the WHO Disease Classification Series ICD-11.

CDSCO recommends widely used anti-cold syrup not to be used in children below 4 years of age, after recommendation from SEC.

The FDC of Chlorpheniramine Maleate and Phenylephrine HCl was declared as rational by Prof. Kokate committee and based on the recommendation of the committee, this office has issued NOC for continued manufacturing and marketing of subject FDC on 17.07.2015 under the 18 months policy decision.

The Association of Advanced pharmacy practitioners (AAPP) strongly urges the government of India to change certain drafted rules of National pharmacy commission Bill. The recommendations of AAPP mainly focused on number of members in council, minimum qualification to registered as pharmacist and national level entrance examination to enter in pharmacy education.

The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) will launch a revamped – DIGI-PHARMed application on December 1 with four integrated services having an objective to regulate the Pharmacy education in the country by enrollment/ registration of Pharmacy institutions/ Pharmacist/ Pharmacy student/ Pharmacist jobseeker across India.

The Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group (PDG) announced the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) as a PDG member on October 5, 2023 during PDG Stakeholder’s meeting in Hyderabad. IPC officially joined as a member in the PDG at the PDG’s Annual Meeting which was held on October 3-4, 2023 in Hyderabad. The World Health Organization (WHO) also continues to serve as observer of the PDG.