The Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association (IPCA), the apex federating body for pharmaceutical activities in the country, celebrates completion of 50 years in the service of Indian Pharmaceutical profession and industry, holding its 50th Congress at Mumbai during December 10-13, 1998.
India has a centuries-old tradition in Pharmacy. The ancient texts of Ayurveda contain treatise where the preparation of medicinal drugs from herbsand other natural sources and their dispensations are elaborately dwelt upon. The medicinal properties of plants like Sarpagandha, Amla, Haldi and Neem were discovered and incorporated in dosage form akin to modern day tablets, tonics and ointments, by the physicians of yore. These ancient systems of medicine can rightfully be called the forebearers of Pharmacy.
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