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IPC to conclude skill development programme on basics and regulatory aspects of pharmacovigilance
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Shardul Nautiyal, Mumbai
November 13 , 2017
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To nurture qualified pharmacovigilance personnel for effective
pharmacovigilance (PV), the National Coordination Center (NCC) of Indian
Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) under the Union health ministry will
conclude its flagship programme called as "Skill Development Programme
on Basics and Regulatory Aspects of Pharmacovigilance" in the second
week of October, 2017 which started from January 2017 onwards at
Ghaziabad.
It has till date trained 300 healthcare professionals
including doctors and pharmacists to acquire requisite skills for
furthering the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) in the
country.
“IPC is going to start another set of skill development
programme from next year onwards to produce PV professionals and help
healthcare professionals to acquire requisite skills for furthering the
Pharmacovigilance Programme of India,” said Dr V Kalaiselvan, Principal
Scientific Officer, IPC.
This programme is a part of the skill
development programme in the country under the government’s ambitious
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana to produce and nurture qualified
pharmacovigilance personnel for effective pharmacovigilance (PV).
This
is also aimed at enhancing career prospects and employment
opportunities in PV in government and private sector, career
opportunities in regulatory systems/Contract Research Organizations
(CROs) and public health programmes, acquiring basic knowledge in PV and
abilities to deliver good PV practices on par with international
requirements.
PV is a science that relates to detection,
assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse affects or any other
drug related problem. To track adverse drug reactions in Indian
population, Union health ministry launched PvPI which has outreach all
over the country but only a small portion of healthcare professionals
have formal training in PV.
Following recent amendments to Drugs
& Cosmetics Rules, 1945 and order from the Union health ministry to
all states and Union territories, the avenues in PV has widened and has
become a priority area.
“The professionals who have been trained
on pharmacovigilance (PV) currently working in various healthcare
institutions across the country have been motivated to take the onus of
disseminating the knowledge and practices of PV for effective adverse
drug reaction (ADR) monitoring,” according to a senior health ministry
official.
This programme will also initiate the process of
creating a registry of skills, enable and mobilize a large number of
healthcare professionals to acquire requisite skills for not only
employment but also capacity building and strengthening of Qualified
Persons for Pharmacovigilance (QPPv) as per the requirement of the
Schedule Y of Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Aimed at imparting
hands-on training to the young healthcare professionals in the field of
PV, the programme was aimed to enhance the knowledge and skill of
qualified pharmacovigilance professionals to ensure patient safety.
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