Smt. Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers, launches the 7th edition of the National Formulary of India (NFI) at the 6th National Pharmacovigilance Week event in New Delhi.
Smt. Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers, today launched the 7th Edition of the National Formulary of India (NFI) at the 6th National Pharmacovigilance Week programme organised by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi. This edition has also been made available digitally through NFI Online. The event brought together senior government officials, regulators, healthcare professionals, academicians, researchers and other stakeholders working to strengthen medicine safety and patient care.
Speaking on the occasion, Smt. Patel underscored the importance of rational use of medicines and continuous safety monitoring in public health. She said that every patient must receive the right medicine, of assured quality, in the right manner and with the highest possible degree of safety.
Highlighting the country’s progress in pharmacovigilance, the Minister said India has built a strong indigenous ecosystem capable of generating, collecting, processing and analysing medicine-safety data from across the country. She described this capacity as an important dimension of Atmanirbhar Bharat in healthcare, enabling India to generate its own scientific evidence to support the safe and effective use of medicines.
Pointing to India’s growing global contribution, Smt. Patel said the country has moved from the 123rd position during 2009–2014 to 8th globally in contributions to the WHO patient safety database. She said India’s transition from relying primarily on safety information generated elsewhere to producing and contributing its own pharmacovigilance evidence reflects a significant strengthening of national capacity.
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