STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Prof (Dr.) Vishal R Tandon from Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu has been appointed as an expert Member of Signal Review Panel (SRP) of Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI), Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The Signal review panel under PvPI is constituted by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India through IPC, usually with a team of 18 members from the country which consists of one Chairperson, one Member Secretary and sixteen members.
Dr. Tandon appointment has followed because of his immense contributions in the field of Drug Safety. He is the only faculty members from Union Tertiary of J&K in the aforesaid prestigious review Panel.
PvPI Signal Review Panel consists of national, experienced medical professors, drug regulatory authority members usually affiliated to a premier governmental or academic institutions under the authority of PvPI to assess- the adverse Drug Reaction database of the country received at National Coordination Centre-PvPI through national Individual Case Safety Reports database management system i.e. VigiFlow.
After the assessment of the said databases various drug regulatory recommendations in the form of allowing of new or old drugs, or imposing ban on manufacturing or Marketing depending on the scientific evidence generate for or against the particular drugs under question are delivered to the Drug Regulatory authorities of the country, which finally based on such recommendations take necessary Drug regulatory decisions.