Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission

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{{For|the book 'Pharmacopoeia of India' (1866)|Edward John Waring}}
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'''Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission''' ('''IPC''') is an autonomous institution of the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]] which sets standards for all drugs that are manufactured, sold and consumed in India.<ref>[http://ipc.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=484&sublinkid=227 Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Official Website. About IPC, Introduction.]</ref> The set of standards are published under the title '''Indian Pharmacopoeia''' ('''IP''') which has been modelled on and historically follows from the [[British Pharmacopoeia]]. The standards that are in effect since 1 December 2010,<ref>[http://ipc.nic.in/index2.asp?slid=494&sublinkid=234 Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Effective Date]</ref> are the ''Indian Pharmacopoeia 2010 (IP 2010)''. The Pharmacopoeia 2014 was released by Health Minister [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]] on 4 November 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) Releases Eighth Edition Of Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) - Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences - India|url=https://www.mondaq.com/india/food-and-drugs-law/671182/indian-pharmacopoeia-commission-ipc-releases-eighth-edition-of-indian-pharmacopoeia-ip|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.mondaq.com}}</ref> The Pharmacopoeia 2018 was released by Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.<ref name=":0" />

'''I.P.''', the abbreviation of 'Indian Pharmacopoeia' is familiar to the consumers in the Indian sub-continent as a mandatory drug name suffix. Drugs manufactured in India have to be labelled with the mandatory non-proprietary drug name with the suffix ''I.P''.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} This is similar to the ''B.P.'' suffix for [[British Pharmacopoeia]] and the ''U.S.P.'' suffix for the [[United States Pharmacopeia]].

The IPC was formed according to the Indian ''Drugs and Cosmetics Act'' of 1940 and established by executive orders of the Government of India in 1956.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

== Pharmacopoeia – History of publication==
The actual process of publishing the first Pharmacopoeia started in the year 1944 under the chairmanship of [[Ram Nath Chopra|Col. R. N. Chopra]]. The I. P. list was first published in the year 1946 and was put forth for approval. The titles are suffixed with the respective years of publication, e.g. IP 1996. The following table describes the publication history of the Indian Pharmacopoeia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipapharma.org/events/speakerpresentation/8-%20Dr%20S%20C%20Mathur.pdf|title=Presentation on IP}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Edition
!Year
!Volumes
!Addendum/Supplement
|-
|1st Edition
|'''1955'''
| –
|Supplement 1960
|-
|2nd Edition
|'''1966'''
| –
|Supplement 1975
|-
| rowspan="2" |3rd Edition
| rowspan="2" |'''1985'''
| rowspan="2" |2
|Addendum 1989
|-
|Addendum 1991
|-
| rowspan="4" |4th Edition
| rowspan="4" |'''1996'''
| rowspan="4" |2
|Addendum 2000
|-
|Vet Supplement 2000
|-
|Addendum 2002
|-
|Addendum 2005
|-
|5th Edition
|'''2007'''
|3
|Addendum 2008
|-
|6th Edition
|'''2010'''
|3
|Addendum 2012
|-
| rowspan="2" |7th Edition
| rowspan="2" |'''2014'''
| rowspan="2" |4
|Addendum 2015
|-
|Addendum 2016
|-
|8th Edition
|'''2018'''
|4
|Addendum 2019
|-
|||||||Addendum 2021
|}

== See also ==
* [[Pharmacopoeia]]

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[[Category:1956 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
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