COMPLETE NOTES OF UNIT -01 SUBJECT :- PHARMACEUTICS

1. LECTURE-03 (PHARMACEUTICS)
HISTORY OF PROFESSION OF PHARMACY IN INDIA IN RELATION TO
INDUSTRY:-
From the time of independence when the industry was being dominated by the multinational
corporations, the Indian pharmaceutical industry has covered a long way. It has grown
remarkably and has established itself as a major supplier of generic products, as well as new
formulations. under a favorable policy regime over the years.
However, India with total sector sales of roughly EUR 10 billion, commands less than 2% share
in the world's pharmaceutical market (1966 1.5%). Because of this reason, India is placed in the
12th place internationally after Korea, Spain, and Ireland and before Brazil, Belgium, and
Mexico.
The pharmaceutical industries of India are ranked 4th among the Asian countries. But
India has lost its market share to China because the sales growth and sales volumes in China
was 2 and 4 times higher than in India, respectively. Indian pharmaceutical industry recorded
another milestone in 1995.
One of the Agreements under the World Trade Organisation was complying with the Trade
Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) provisions. The product patent was re-introduced
in India by the TRIPS Agreement. Tariff and non-tariff measures were also introduced during
this period which favoured the Indian pharmaceutical industry to start clinical research and new
drug development activities.
Post-2000
In 2001, as a result of the WTO's Doha Round of negotiations, India's new product patent
regime was introduced. Final agreement for patent protection among WTO member countries,
stating that both processes and products should be protected was reached on TRIPS ground
rules.
India's parliament on March 22, 2005 introduced a system of product patents (backdated to
January 1, 2005) by approving the Patents (Amendment) Act 2005. The new regime abolishes
the previous process patent system established by the 1970 Patent Act and provides protection
only to those products which arrive to the market after January 1, 1995.
The MNCs (the most recent being Merck & Co.) have largely returned after the introduction of
product patents. Merck & Co. inaugurated its owned subsidiary MSD India Pvt. Ltd. in July
2005 after being absent for around 20 years.

2. Lecture-04
QUESTION:-
Q.1)- Enlist any 5 point of History of Profession of Pharmacy in India in Relation to Organisation (Year 2016-
2017)
Q.2)- Explain the development of profession of Pharmacy in india?(Year 2021-22){07 Markes}
History of Profession of Pharmacy in India in Relation to Organisation:-
Some of the major development events related to Pharmacy organisations in India are summarised below:
1) In 1898, the import of Sea Customs Act Goods with "false trade description" was prevented.
2) In 1909, the Bengal Excise Act was implanted.
3) In 1912, the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) Prevention ofAdulteration Act was referred to
adulteration of foods and drugs.
4) In 1914, the Punjab Excise Act was established.
5) In 1919, the Poison Act was implanted.
6) In 1919, the Bengal Food Adulteration Act, the Bihar and Orissa Prevention of Adulteration Act, and the
Madras Prevention of Adulteration Act (concerned with food adulteration) were passed.
7) The first organised move to form a pharmaceutical society, the Calcutta Chemists and Druggists Association
was released on 3rd
November, 1920. In 1926, it changed its name to Bengal Chemists andDruggists
Association.
8) In 1923, the pioneer organisation in the true sense of "Qualified pharmacists" was formed by the Chemist and
Druggists of Chennai region under the banner of the Pharmaceutical Association. In 1925, this association
changed its name to Pharmaceutical Society of India and practiced the pharmacy profession up to 1950.
9) To look into the problems of pharmacy in India and to recommend themeasures to be taken, the Indian
Government on 11th August, 1930appointed a committee whose chairman was Late Col. R.N. Chopra.In 1931,
this committee published its report in which it was reportedthat there was no recognised specialised profession
of Pharmacy and a set of people known as compounders were filling the gap.
10) The Dangerous Drug Act and Drug Enquiry Committee under the Chairmanship of Col. R.N. Chopra
(Chopra Committee) were passed in 1930.
11) In January 1941, the first All India Pharmaceutical Conference was held at Banaras.
12) Government introduced the Drugs Bill in 1940 to regulate the import, manufacture, sale, and distribution of
drugs in British India. This bill was later accepted as the Drugs Act. 1940 which partly implants the Chopra
Committee.
13) In 1945, the Drug and Cosmetic Act and Rules was established.
15) In 1946, the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) was formed
16) In 1946, the Health Survey Development Committee (Bhore Committee) reported table recommending 3-
tier system of pharmacy education in India, viz., diploma degree and technologists in pharmacy.
17) In 1948, the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association (IPCA) was developed in Calcutta where in
December 1948 its first annual conference was held with Prof. M.L.. Shroff as a president elected.
18) The Indian Pharmacopoeial Committee was constituted in 1948 under the chairmanship of Late Dr. B.N.
Ghosh. With the enactment of the Pharmacy Act 1948, the statutory regulation of pharmacy institutions was
established in India.
19) In 1949, the Pharmacy Council of India was established.
20) In 1953, the first Education Regulations (ER) were framed which were amended in 1972, 1981, and 1991.