Report on 5th National Pharmacovigilance Week celebration by ADR Monitoring Centre, JNMC, AMU, Aligarh
Abstract
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, launched a nationwide Pharmacovigilnace Programme of India (PvPI) to monitor the safety of medicinal product in Indian population. Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is functioning as national Coordination Centre (NCC) to collate ADR reports and recommends Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for regulatory intervention (1,2)
In line with a mission to safeguard health of Indian population, In 2021 Government of India has taken an initiative to celebrate Nation Pharmacovigilance Week from 17th to 23rd September every year, which serves as platform for communication and knowledge enrichment to the various stake holders in the field of safety of medicinal product for ultimate benefit of patients (3)
ADR Monitoring Centre (AMC), Jawaharlal Medical College & Hospital (JNMCH), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh is one of the AMC running under PvPI since 2011. This year AMC, JNMCH, AMU celebrated the 5th “National Pharmacovigilance Week” from 17th -23rd September 2025 with the designated theme " Your safety, just a click away: report to PvPI " as per the directives of PvPI, IPC, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. A total 1513 participants attended the week-long programme (4)
Society of Pharmacovigilance, India (SoPI) provided a platform to hold events during 5th NPW 2025. In past few years so many CMEs conducted by AMC, JNMC, AMU in association with SoPI. (5,6)
References
2. https://cdsco.gov.in/opencms/opencms/en/PvPI/
3. https://ipc.gov.in/mandates/pvpi/training-and-education/8-category-en/1194-national-pharmacovigilance-week-celebration.html
4. https://ipc.gov.in/news-highlights/1324-4th-national-pharmacovigilance-week.html
5. Rahman SZ, Chaudhary S. International Conference on Safety of Medicines and 21st Annual Conference of the Society of Pharmacovigilance, India. J Pharmacovig Drug Safety 2024;21(1): 17-22
6. Ghosh NS, Gupta SP and Rahman SZ. SoPI Supported National Pharmacovigilance Conferences – A Report, J Pharmacovigilance Drug Safety 2019; 16(1): 16-21 (ISSN: 0972-8899)
