Union Health Minister stresses on need to prepare roadmap for Pharmacopoeia sector focussing on global market
Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mndaviya has stressed the need to prepare a roadmap for the pharmacopoeia sector focusing on international trade, indigenous industries and the global market.
He said, pharmacopoeia is important to develop a Swasthya and Samrudh Bharat by maintaining standard quality of medical products, vaccines, medicines and equipment.
The Minister said this while chairing the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission conference 2022 in New Delhi today. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Addressing Medicine Quality for Future.
Dr Mandaviya said that India has become the ‘ Pharmacy of the World” by specialising in generic medicine formulation and manufacturing and by supplying affordable medicine to the world. He said, till today, four countries – Afghanistan, Ghana, Nepal and Mauritius- have accepted Indian Pharmacopoeia as a book of standards.
He said, we should make a roadmap and move forward so that more countries accept our pharmacopoeia. He said, India is the world’s largest supplier of generic medication and accounts for 20 per cent of the worldwide supply of generics by volume. The Minister said, during the Covid pandemic, India delivered accessible and affordable vaccines to 150 countries.
