
Sir, The continuous progress in medical and pharmaceutical sciences has made the availability of pharmaceutical products in the Indian market to prevent and control of several disease conditions. Irrespective of the benefits associated with the use of medicines adverse effects associated with them has emerged the challenges of monitoring Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) over large population base. World Health Organization (WHO) defined ADR as “A response which is noxious and unintended, and which occurs at doses normally used in humans for the prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy of disease, or for the modification of physiological function.”[1] To improve public health, the safe use of medicine must be monitored through an effective pharmacovigilance (PV) system. PV is defined as the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects, or any other possible drug-related problems.[2] Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), Ghaziabad is functioning as a National Coordination Centre (NCC) for Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI). One Hundred and fifty ADR monitoring centres (AMCs) were established in various medical institutions/hospitals across India to monitor and collect ADR reports under NCC-PvPI.[3]
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