Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), National Coordination Centre (NCC) for Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) has now announced the launch of its dedicated website. In order to be familiar with the link: www.ipc.gov.in/PvPI/pv_home.html, the Commission is holding a two-day national workshop from December 9 - 10, 2013 at National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad.

It has also collaborated with WHO-Country office (India) to develop a PvPI toolkit for the stakeholders.

This workshop will provide the training to the stakeholders and also to bridge the gap among ADRs monitoring centres (AMCs), Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI), Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), CDSCO zonal offices and state drug control departments, said Dr V Kalaiselvan, senior scientific officer, IPC.

While launching the website and toolkit to the nation, Dr Surinder Singh, director, National Institute of Biologicals and former DCGI  highlighted the importance of the website and toolkit for the stakeholders.

The NIB Chief also provided a snap shot of the initiatives taken by NCC-PvPI under Dr G N Singh, secretary-cum-scientific director, IPC & DCGI to promote patient safety. He lauded the efforts of Dr Thota Prasad, scientific assistant, PvPI, coordinators of AMCs, and technical support from WHO-country office.

At the workshop Dr Madhur Gupta, technical officer, WHO –country office (India) emphasized the need of training programme for the stakeholders and shared the policies, norms and standards for WHO International Programme for Drug Monitoring. South zone AMC coordinators, RNTCP, AEFI, officials from CDSCO zonal offices, state drug control departments, Dr Dinesh Kumar, scientist,  NIN was present along with his team.