Managua [Nicaragua], Feb 29: India and Nicaragua have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Pharmacopoeia on cooperation within the discipline of the regulation of medicines. With this MoU, Nicaragua has turn into the primary nation in Spanish talking world to recognise Indian Pharmacopeia.
India’s Ambassador to India Sumit Seth and Nicaragua’s Minister of Well being Martha Reyes signed the MoU between two nations.
In a put up on X, Indian Embassy in Nicaragua said, “The Authorities of India and Nicaragua signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) on Pharmacopoeia on Cooperation within the discipline of the regulation of medicines. The MoU was signed by Ambassador of India to Nicaragua Dr. Sumit Seth & Minister of Well being of Nicaragua Dr. Martha Reyes.”
In one other put up on X, Indian Embassy in Nicaragua said, “Nicaragua has turn into the First Nation in Spanish talking world to recognise Indian Pharmacopeia.”
International locations both have their very own Pharmacopoeia or recognise Pharmacopoeia of one other nation for referring the requirements of medication manufactured or consumed in that nation, based on Indian Embassy in Nicaragua.
The most important Pharmacopoeias on the planet are United States Pharmacopoeia (USP), British Pharmacopoeia (BP), European Pharmacopoeia (Ph Eur), Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) and so forth.
Amongst these, USP is the biggest having most variety of monographs/requirements (4747).
British Pharmacopoeia has 4275 monographs/requirements whereas the Indian Pharmacopoeia(IP) is the third largest pharmacopoeia having 3152 monographs/requirements.
Indian Pharmacopoeia Fee (IPC) is an autonomous establishment beneath the Union Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare. It’s created to set requirements of medication within the nation, based on IPC’s official web site.
IP is official ebook of requirements for medication defining the required limits and testing strategies for crude drug and completed formulations. IP has a authorized standing inside the Second Schedule of the Medicine & Cosmetics Act, 1940. All of the medication imported, manufactured and distributed in India should conform to the requirements codified within the IP.
The primary version of IP was printed in 1955 and newest ninth version of IP was printed in 2022. The IP has been acknowledged as ebook of normal by 5 nations – Afghanistan, Ghana, Nepal, Mauritius and Suriname. With the brand new MoU, Nicaragua has turn into the sixth one and the primary nation amongst Spanish talking world to recognise Indian Pharmacopeia.
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