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Likewise, with passage of time a number of AyurvedicPharmaceutical units have came up for the manufacture of Ayurvedic drugs andformulations on commercial scale.Under the circumstances and responding to opinions of the scientific communityafter independence, the Govt. of India began a series of measures to introduce a qualitycontrol system, from 1964 onwards similar to that existing already under the Drugs andCosmetics Act, 1940, for western medicine.
The Government of India introduced anamendment in 1964 to the Drug and Cosmetics Act 1940, to control to a limited measurethe Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani drugs.The Act was accordingly amended in 1964, to ensure only a limited control overthe production and sale of Ayurvedic medicines namely:i.The manufacture should be carried out under prescribed hygienicconditions, under the supervision of a person having prescribedqualifications;ii.The raw materials used in the preparation of drugs should be genuine andproperly identified; andiii.The formula or the true list of all the ingredients contained in the drugsshould be displayed on the label of every container.To start with, development of standards for the identity, purity and strength ofsingle drugs and those of formulations at a later stage, assumed importance for theeffective enforcement of the provision of the Act.
If the raw materials to be used in amedicine and stage-by-stage processes of manufacturers are standardised, the finalproduct namely, the compound formulation could be expected to conform to uniformstandards. The requirement that the list of ingredients be displayed on the label willenable analysts to verify label claims. It will also ensure that the manufacture do not makefalse claim. Arrangements to evolve and lay down physical, chemical and biologicalstandards, wherever even necessary, to identify the drugs and ascertain their quality andto detect adulterations are an urgent necessity of the profession. Setting up of DrugStandardisation Units, Research Centres, Drug Testing Institutes and Central DrugLaboratories for Ayurvedic Medicines both at national and regional level for this purposeare therefore, essential.
The several Committees appointed by the Government of India toassess and evaluate the status and practice of Ayurvedic Medicine have stressed theimportance of preparing an Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia, which is precisely a book ofstandards.Having regard to all these considerations, the Central Council of AyurvedicResearch recommended the constitution of Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committeeconsisting of experts on Ayurveda and other sciences. The Government of India acceptedthe recommendations of the Central Council of Ayurvedic Research and constituted theFirst Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee, vide their letter No.
14-8/62-ISM, dated the20th September, 1962 for a period of three years with effect from the date of its firstmeeting under the Chairmanship of Col. Sir R.N. Chopra with the following member :1. Col. Sir Ram Nath Chopra, Drugs Research Laboratory, Srinagar.Chairman2. Vaidya B.V. Gokhale, 29/14-15, Erandavane, Deccan Gymkhana, Poona-4.Member3. Vaidya D.A. Kulkarni, Principal, Post Graduate, Training Centre inMemberAyurveda, Jamnagar.4.
Kaviraj B.N. Sircar, 779-780, Nicholson Road, Kashmere Gate, Delhi-6.Member5. Shri A.N. Namjoshi, Navyug Mansion, 19-A, Sleater Road, Bombay-7.Member6. Dr.B.B.Gaitonde, Profossor of Pharmacology, Grant Medical College,MemberBombay.7. Dr. C.G. Pandit, Director, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.Member8. Dr. G.K.
Karandikar, Dean, Medical College, Aurangabad.Member9. Dr. G.S. Pande, Honorary Director, Indian Drug Research Association,Member955-Sadashiv Peth, Lakshmi Road, Poona-2.10. Dr. M.V. Venkataraghava, Chellakoti, Nungabakkum, Madras-34.Member11. Ayurvedachara Kaladi K. Parameswaran Pillai, LaksmivilasamMemberVaidyasala, Vanchiyur, Trivandrum.12. Dr.
V. Narayanaswamy, 70, Tana Street, Vepeiy, Madras-7.Member13. Vaidya P.V.Dhamankar Shastri, Pardeshi Lane, Panvel, District Kolaba,MemberBombay.14. S.K. Borkar, Drug Controller (India), Directorate General of Health Services,MemberGovernment of India, New Delhi.15. Shri Bapalal G.Vaidya, Principal, O.H. Nazar Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya,MemberSurat.16. Kumari Savita Satakopan, Drugs Control Laboratory,MemberNear Polytechnic, National Highway 8, Baroda.17. Vaidya Vasudev M.
Dwivedi, Director of Ayurveda,MemberGovernment of Gujrat, Ahmedabad.18. Shri P.V. Bhatt, M.Sc., Chemist, The Ayurvedic Rasashala,MemberDeccan Gymkhana, Poona.19. Vaidya Ram Sushil Singh, Assistant Director of Ayurveda,MemberDirector of MedicalServices, (Ayurveda), Govt. of U.P.20. Dr.Y. Kondal Rao,Secretary,MemberIndian Medical Practitioner’s Cooperative Pharmacy & Stores Limited,Adyar, Madras-20.21. Dr. V. Srinivasan, M.Sc., M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Director, SarabhaiMemberChemicals Research Institute, Shahibag, Ahmedabad-4.22.
Dr. C. Dwarakanath, Adviser in Indian System of Medicine,SecretaryMemberMinistry of Health, New Delhi.The Committee was assigned the following functions :1. To prepare an official Formulary in two parts :(a) Single drugs, of whose identity and therapeutic value there is no doubt; and(b) Compound preparations, which are frequently used in Ayurvedic practicethroughout the country.2. To provide standards for drug and medicines of therapeutic usefulness orpharmaceutical necessity commonly used in Ayurvedic practice.3.
To lay down tests for identity, quality and purity.4. To ensure as far as possible uniformity, physical properties and activeconstituents; and5. To provide all other information regarding the distinguishing characteristics,methods of preparation, dosage, method of administration with variousanupanas or vehicles and their toxicity.As a first step in this direction the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee startedpreparing the official Formulary of Ayurveda in two parts as mentioned under theassigned functions of the Committee.
Since the work of preparation of AyurvedicFormulary could not be completed after the expiry of first three years, the Government ofIndia extended the term of the Committee by another three years vide their notificationNo. F. 20-1/66-RISM, dated 14th January, 1966 and a gain for a further period of threeyears vide their notification No. F. 1-1/69-APC, dated 9th January, 1969.During the years that followed, Ayurvedic Formulary, Part I and II and AyurvedicPharmacopoeia of India, Part – I, Volume I - V were published, the former containing thecompound formulations from classical Ayurvedic texts prescribed in Schedule - I to theDrug and Cosmetics Act, and the later, laying down standards for single drugs of plantorigin.
Amendment to the provisions introduced in 1982 further strengthen the ASUsystem by defining misbranded, adulterated and spurious drugs in the ASU system.Subsequently under the 10th Five Year Plan a project was initiated by theDepartment to develop Method Of Preparation, Standard Operative Procedures,Pharmacopoeial Standards and Shelf Life of Compound formulations of Ayurvedaappearing in Ayurvedic Formulary of India, Parts I & II.The work of the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee was transferred along withsome technical staff to Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha, New Delhias a secretariat for APC vide letter no.
X-19011/6/94-APC (AYUSH),dated 29th March, 2006.Prof. A.N. Namjoshi (1972, 1981, 1988 and 1994) and Vaidya I. Sanjeeva Rao(1998) were Chairman of reconstituted Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee during thespecified periods.The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee (APC) was reconstituted under theDeptt. of ISM&H consisting of following members vide letter No.X-19011/6/94-APCdated 21st June, 2001.1.Dr.
P.D. Sethi, M. Pharma, Ph.D.,B-140, Shivalik Enclave, New Delhi-110 017.ChairmanOFFICIAL MEMBERS2.Drugs Controller General (I),Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.Member (Ex-officio)3.Director,Pharmacopoeial Laboratory of Indian Medicine,Central Govt. Offices Complex,Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad-201 002.Member (Ex-officio)4.Director,Central Council for Research in Ayurveda & Siddha,61-65, Institutional Area, D-Block,Janakpuri, New Delhi.Member (Ex-officio)5.Managing Director,Indian Medicines and Pharmaceuticals Ltd.,Mohan, Uttaranchal (U.P.).Member (Ex-officio)6.Advisor (Ayurveda), Deptt.
of ISM & H,Red Cross Building, New Delhi.Member SecretaryNON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS7.Prof. S.S. Handa, M.Pharma, Ph.D.,F-7, 3rd Floor, Lajpat Nagar-III,New Delhi-110 024.Member8.Ms. S. Satakopan, M.Sc.,Member40-A, Ist Main Road,(Opp. Pillayar Koil) Nanganallur,Chennai-600 061.9.Vaidya Devendra Triguna, Ayurvedacharya,143-Sarai Kale Khan,Nizamuddin East, New Delhi.Member10.Dr.
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