A federation of five national pharmaceutical associations as its constituents – IPCA is the apex body representing the Indian Pharmacists working in various capacities, viz, Community Pharmacists, Hospital Pharmacists, in Industry (in Production, R&D, Quality Assurance Marketing, Regulatory Affairs) Academics and other disciplines and areas of work.
The first Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) was organized at
Calcutta in December 1948 with Prof. M.L. Shroff as its President.
Thereafter, each year the IPC has been organized successfully. The
professional elected to preside over the IPC and IPCA for these years
have been people of great eminence in their fields. The presidents have
been personalities mainly from the Drug Industry, Pharmaceutical
R&D, Pharmacy Education and Drugs Regulatory Affairs. Intelligent
and appropriate expression has been given by each of the presidents to
particular issues and fields giving prime importance to the theme
statement provided by each of them for their respective IPC and IPCA.
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