The 70th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) is all set to be inaugurated by Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu on December 21. Around 8,000 delegates from the pharmaceutical industry are expected to be participating.

For the three day annual event which will be held at Amity University, Noida, the theme has been decided as ‘Pharma Vision 2030: Indian Pharma Industry - A Global Leader.’

Dilip Shanghvi MD of Sun Pharma and President of 70th IPC, in a statement, said, “There is an urgent need to reinforce and rebuild standards with statutory bodies and to restore the confidence of pharmacy graduates. The quality of education has to be improved by industrial participation so that the stakeholders are accepted in the global pharma industry.”

He further said, the regulatory policies of India are to be harmonized so that India becomes global leader in pharma, including generics, active pharmaceutical ingredients, medical devices and diagnostics.

IPC is held every year in the country under the aegis of Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association (IPCA) which is a federation of five professional pharmaceutical bodies, namely, Indian Pharmacy Graduates’ Association (IPGA) Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), Indian Hospital Pharmacists’ Association (IHPA) and All India Drugs Control Officers’ Confederation (AIDCOC).

The annual conference facilitates exchange of new ideas among the members of the pharmacy profession. Apart from that, the conference will also focus on increasing leadership of the women working within the pharmacy profession.

Based on discussions held during the congress and the problems faced by the pharmacy profession, resolutions are passed by the organizing Association and forwarded to the concerned authorities, said an official.