To keep pace with emerging and contemporary areas for addressing the issues of health care requirements, the IP Commission has identified to add general chapter and monographs on Radio Pharmaceuticals.

The IP Commission has formed an expert Committee consisting of the following experts from this field

1.         Prof. Rakesh Kumar Sharma                                                       (Chair)

            Head, CBRN Defence,

            Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences (INMAS)

            Delhi-110 054.

2.         Dr. (Smt.) Meera Venkatesh                                                        Member

            Head, Radiopharmaceuticals Division,

            Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

            Trombay, Mumbai-400 085.

3.         Dr. N. C. Goomer                                                                       Member

            Head, Regional Centre for Radio Pharmaceuticals,

            Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology,

            Deptt. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India,

            C/o Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS),

            Brig. S. K. Mazumdar Marg,

            Delhi-110 054.

4.         Dr. Sanyog Jain, M.Pharm., Ph.D.                                               Member

            Assistant Professor

            Department of Pharmaceutics

            National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)

            Sector 67, Phase X

            SAS Nagar (Mohali) Punjab-160062.

5.         Dr. A. K. Teotia                                                                          Coordinator

            Senior Scientific Officer

            IP Commission, Ghaziabad

The first meeting of the committee has taken place on 02-07-2010 in the campus of IPC wherein various steps to be taken were deliberated and agreed upon. The IPC intends to add a general chapter and monographs of those Radio Pharmaceuticals which are widely used for diagnostic and therapeutic use in India.

The members agreed for writing the general chapter and adding about 25 monographs of Radio Pharmaceuticals (List enclosed, please click)  in the forthcoming edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia.

It is hoped that by addressing this class of drugs which is of special category would further help in improving the health of human as well as animal beings. The Committee is expected to complete its job within a period of 4 to 6 months.