The National Formulary of India 2010: Thorough and extensive revision of the preprint version needed

Gitanjali, B.

doi:10.4103/0976-500X.85928

EditorialJournal of Pharmacology and PharmacotherapeuticsVol. 2 | Issue 4 | 2011 | pp. 219–20Open access

The National Formulary of India 2010: Thorough and extensive revision of the preprint version needed

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¹ Programme, National Polio Surveillance Project, and others have been left out.[3] It is difﬁ cult to believe that such a large group of experts did not know that the list of national health programs was incomplete. The source of reference given is the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website. Anyone who has accessed government websites in India will know that these are notorious for their incomplete and out of date information.

Correspondence: B. Gitanjali
Programme, National Polio Surveillance Project, and others have been left out.[3] It is difﬁ cult to believe that such a large group of experts did not know that the list of national health programs was incomplete. The source of reference given is the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website. Anyone who has accessed government websites in India will know that these are notorious for their incomplete and out of date information.
Email: gita.batman@gmail.com

Published:: Jan 1, 2011
DOI:: 10.4103/0976-500X.85928

How to cite

Gitanjali, B. (2011). The National Formulary of India 2010: Thorough and extensive revision of the preprint version needed. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, 2(4), 219–20. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.85928

Abstract

The National Formulary of India (NFI), 4th edition, 2010 (pre-print version) was published amidst a lot of advance publicity by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC). The book was released by Shri K. Chandramouli, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India and Chairman, IPC on 16th December 2010, at Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi, in the presence of offi cials.[1] Coming after a gap of three decades, the NFI will be a much sought after document for health care providers all over India. The need for unbiased, quality information on medicines is felt all over the country and the NFI 2010 may have been the answer which health professionals were waiting for. However, a quick look at the preprint version of the NFI shows that much work has to be done before the fi nal version is printed.

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Title	The National Formulary of India 2010: Thorough and extensive revision of the preprint version needed
Authors	B. Gitanjali
Affiliations	Programme, National Polio Surveillance Project, and others have been left out.[3] It is difﬁ cult to believe that such a large group of experts did not know that the list of national health programs was incomplete. The source of reference given is the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website. Anyone who has accessed government websites in India will know that these are notorious for their incomplete and out of date information.
Corresponding author	gita.batman@gmail.com
Journal	Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics
Volume / Issue	Vol. 2, Issue 4 (2011)