New Delhi, June 17 -- Union Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel said on Monday 70 per cent of total vaccines sourced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and 14 per cent of generics imported by the US are from India.
She delivered the keynote address at the inaugural session of the Second Policymakers' Forum organised by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) here. An international delegation of policymakers and drug regulators from 24 countries is participating in the forum.
Aimed at promoting the recognition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia and collaboration in India's initiative for flagship affordable medicines - the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) - the Forum is being organised by the IPC under the aegi...