The much awaited National Pharmacovigilance Programme, is expected to begin in 10 medical colleges across the country from July 1 this year. The first phase of the programme will be launched in 10 of the 300 medical colleges in the country and the DCGI plans to further extend it to 40 other colleges by next year and 60 the next. DCGI said that by 2014, all the 300 medical colleges will be participating in the National Pharmacovigilance Programme.
The national level Pharmacovigilance Programme will have a two pronged approach and will be targeted for five years initially. In the budgetary provisions the pharmacovigilance programme was granted with Rs 85 Lakh against the expectation of Rs 1.5 crore. This programme was supposed to be launched earlier in the month of April but it had repeatedly got delayed due to problems in the Union Health Ministry. The DCGI expressed that funding is the most important aspect right now for the success and development of this programme. Almost 50% of the allotted money will be used on HR to increase the manpower since it’s an issue that’s been haunting the DCGI’s office from the past several years.
The programme will be run in three units that comprises of the medical colleges, other institutes and CDSCO. AIIMS will act as the main centre for the National Pharmacovigilance Programme, whereas the CDSCO will be providing funds, manpower, training etc to the AIIMS and other institutes involved in this programme. This programme will be started in 10 medical colleges this year.
The national level Pharmacovigilance Programme will have a two pronged approach and will be targeted for five years initially. In the budgetary provisions the pharmacovigilance programme was granted with Rs 85 Lakh against the expectation of Rs 1.5 crore. This programme was supposed to be launched earlier in the month of April but it had repeatedly got delayed due to problems in the Union Health Ministry. The DCGI expressed that funding is the most important aspect right now for the success and development of this programme. Almost 50% of the allotted money will be used on HR to increase the manpower since it’s an issue that’s been haunting the DCGI’s office from the past several years.
The programme will be run in three units that comprises of the medical colleges, other institutes and CDSCO. AIIMS will act as the main centre for the National Pharmacovigilance Programme, whereas the CDSCO will be providing funds, manpower, training etc to the AIIMS and other institutes involved in this programme. This programme will be started in 10 medical colleges this year.
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