Indian Medical Pharmacologists Association: New Beginning
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Pharmacology is a rapidly evolving field. In India, it all started when the Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists (APPI) was formed and the budding field of pharmacology had its first foot in independent India. In due course, pharmacologists thought of a separate space for themselves and so the Indian Pharmacological Society (IPS) was formed. It included pharmacologists from all fields of research, including medicine, dentistry, veterinary, AYUSH, and basic sciences (http://www.indianpharmacology.org/his - tory.html). It has been four and half decade since the origin of the IPS, which grew bigger and stronger. Recently, the IPS represented India under the purview of Indian National Science Academy (INSA) at the World Congress of Clinical and Basic Pharmacology (WCP) 2014, Cape Town, organized by International Union of Pharmacology (IUPHAR). [1] Never to forget the efforts of those pioneers in the IPS, who had set the tone in India that eventually got waned as the time progressed. With the rapidly progressing trends in pharmacol - ogy practice, the IPS had failed to carve a niche for itself and kept its reputation at stake with the recent claims of alleged malpractice in IPS elections. Eventually, people have failed to differentiate medical pharmacologists from pharmacologists of allied branches. It is not about who is being superior to the other, but acquiring the medical knowledge through MBBS practice demands a separate platform for MD/DM/DNB phar - macologists to unite, explore, and innovate. Hence, Indian Medical Pharmacologists Association (IMPA) was formed by a team of like-minded MD Pharmacology graduates. This represents the new era in medical pharmacology practice. The IMPA ensembles young and experienced pharmacologists both in the academia and in the pharmaceutical industry. The inaugural meet of the IMPA was held at Hotel Anandha Inn, Puducherry, India, on November 21, 2014.
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M Natesh Prabhu
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