Vinayaka Mission College of Pharmacy, Salem will conduct a refresher course for all the registered working pharmacists in Salem districts on July 26. The course is sponsored by Tamil Nadu Pharmacy Council and will be conducted in the college campus.

Dr T Elango, registrar of the TNPC said its president Dr K Chinnasami will deliver a speech on 'the impact of cardiac and diabetic drugs' while inaugurating the refresher programme.

Dr P M Balasubrahmaniam, chairman of the Adverse Drug Reaction Committee constituted by the pharmacy council, Dr B Jaikar, principal of the College, Dr S Gopalakrishnan, professor and HoD, Dept of Pharmaceutical Practice, Dr S Sriram, professor and HoD, Dept of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Ramakrishna Institute of Pharmacy Practice, Coimbatore and S Selvaraj, Assistant Director of Drugs Control, Salem zone will speak on this occasion.

Later the first meeting of the Adverse Drugs Reaction committee will be held in the college, said Dr T Elango. The meeting will evaluate and formulate the modus operandi of the ADR Committee. The Principal of the Vinayaka Mission College, Dr B Jaikar is the convener of the ADR Committee. He said certain hospitals in the district have been selected to collect the patients' reactions on newer drugs.