23/03/2024
Kerala State Pharmaceutical Price Monitoring & Resource Unit Society (KSPMRU) and Drugs Control department has jointly organized District Level Seminar on the topic “Pricing Mechanism of Essential Drugs Under DPCO-2013” & “Strategies to combat Antimicrobial Resistance” on 23rd March 2024 at JDT Islam College of Pharmacy, Kozhikode district.
A total of 160 participants including Enforcement officers of Drugs Control department from Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad districts, retail pharmacists, hospital pharmacists and clinical pharmacists of hospitals in Kozhikode district, distributors, faculties and Bpharm & Mpharm students of JDT Islam College of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacetical Sciences, Kozhikode, National College of Pharmacy, Devaki Amma College of Pharmacy attended the event.
The seminar was inaugurated by Dr.P C Anwar, Executive Director, Iqraa Hospital and Sri. Shaji M Varghese, Assistant Drugs Controller, Kozhikode District.
The sessions were presented by Smt. Sathya Sundar, Project Coordinator, KSPMRU society and Sri. Noufal C V, Drugs Inspector, Kozhikode district.
The pricing mechanism of NPPA by enforcing DPCO, Monitoring and Enforcement activities of NPPA, Importance of "Pharma Sahi Daam App" in the current scenario, Recent price reduction of ceiling prices and working of Kerala PMRU was discussed with delegates of various facets of pharmaceutical field.
Inroduction to the silent pandemic, Anti- Microbial Resistance, Patient and clinician centric causative factors for developing Antimicrobial and Antibotic Resistance, Irrational Usage of antiboitics in food producing animals and crops, Precautions against AMR, Regulations and awareness programs enforced by Drugs Control department such as PROUD, Operation AMRITH were discussed in the seminar.
