The
70th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) is all set to be inaugurated by Vice
President of India, Venkaiah Naidu on December 21. Around 8,000 delegates from
the pharmaceutical industry are expected to be participating.
For
the three day annual event which will be held at Amity University, Noida, the
theme has been decided as ‘Pharma Vision 2030: Indian Pharma Industry - A
Global Leader.’
Dilip
Shanghvi MD of Sun Pharma and President of 70th IPC, in a statement, said,
“There is an urgent need to reinforce and rebuild standards with statutory
bodies and to restore the confidence of pharmacy graduates. The quality of
education has to be improved by industrial participation so that the
stakeholders are accepted in the global pharma industry.”
He
further said, the regulatory policies of India are to be harmonized so that
India becomes global leader in pharma, including generics, active
pharmaceutical ingredients, medical devices and diagnostics.
IPC
is held every year in the country under the aegis of Indian Pharmaceutical
Congress Association (IPCA) which is a federation of five professional
pharmaceutical bodies, namely, Indian Pharmacy Graduates’ Association (IPGA)
Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers
of India (APTI), Indian Hospital Pharmacists’ Association (IHPA) and All India
Drugs Control Officers’ Confederation (AIDCOC).
The
annual conference facilitates exchange of new ideas among the members of the
pharmacy profession. Apart from that, the conference will also focus on
increasing leadership of the women working within the pharmacy profession.
Based
on discussions held during the congress and the problems faced by the pharmacy
profession, resolutions are passed by the organizing Association and forwarded
to the concerned authorities, said an official.
