New Delhi, June 16 -- The Second Policymakers' Forum, aimed at promoting the recognition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia, was inaugurated on Sunday at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in the national capital.

The event was being organised by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in association with the Ministry of External Affairs and in collaboration with India's flagship affordable medicines initiative--the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).

The inaugural session was graced by the presence of Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilisers, Anupriya Patel, who delivered the keynote address and released a commemorative publication marking I...