Overview

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is an autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. IPC was created on January 01, 2009, and entrusted with the mandate to set standards for drugs in the country. IPC’s basic function is to regularly update the standards of drugs for their publication in the Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP). IP Reference Standards (IPRS) and Impurities are also developed by the IPC for the quality control analysis of drugs. Additionally, the National Formulary of India (NFI) is published to promote rational use of generic medicines. Since 2012, IPC has been working as the National Coordination Centre for Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI).