National Pharmacovigilance Resource Centre,
for ASU Drugs
Institute for P. G. Teaching & Research in Ayurveda,
Gujarat Ayurved University,
Jamnagar 361008, Gujarat
NATIONAL PHARMACOVIGILANCE PROGRAMME
FOR AYURVEDA, SIDDHA AND UNANI (ASU) DRUGS
Department of AYUSH,
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
Government of India, New Delhi,
in collaboration with
WHO Country Office for India, New Delhi
2008
PROTOCOL
Chairperson : Director, IPGT & RA Prof. MS Baghel
Member Secretary : Co-ordinator, NPRC Dr. RN Acharya
Members:
1. Director, CCRAS or his representative Dr. GS Lavekar
2. One Director, Dept. of AYUSH
3. Director, Prof. MC Sharma
National Institute of Ayurveda
4. Director, Prof. MA Jafri
National Institute of Unani Medicine
5. Director, Dr. Bhupathi Raja
National Institute of Siddha Medicine
6. Director, PLIM Dr. DR Lohar
7. Dean, Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS, Prof. VK Joshi
BHU, Varanasi
8. Chairman, APC Dr. SS Handa
9. Drug Controller of ASU Drugs
or his representative
10. Three Experts from concerned subjects Prof. SS Savrikar
Prof. KC Singhal
Dr. Urmila Thatte
11. Chairman, PV Centre, Prof. HM Chandola
IPGT & RA, Jamnagar
National Pharmacovigilance Consultative Committee
for ASU Drugs (NPCC - ASU)
Preamble
1 Basics of Pharmacovigilance and
Glossary of Terms 1
2 National Pharmacovigilance Consultative
Committee (NPCC) 12
3 National Pharmacovigilance Technical Advisory 13
Committee of ASU (NPTAC - ASU)
4 National Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU 14
5 National Pharmacovigilance Programme - Objectives 14
6 Framework for Pharmacovigilance for ASU in India 16
7 The National Pharmacovigilance Resource Centre 17
(NPRC )
8 Outline of the National Pharmacovigilance
Programme for ASU 18
9 Steps for fostering “Reporting Culture” 22
10 What to report 23
11 Who can report 24
12 Where to report 24
13 What happens to the information submitted 25
14 Quality of Suspected Adverse Drug Event
Information 25
15 Centre's Coordinators' Responsibilities at different
levels of programme 26
16 Management Information System Reports to
be provided under the programme 27
17 Publication of data 29
18 Performance benchmarks 29
19 Resources for Pharmacovigilance Centres 29
NATIONAL PHARMACOVIGILANCE PROTOCOL
FOR AYURVEDA, SIDDHA AND UNANI (ASU) DRUGS
Contents
20 Terms of reference for engagement of Peripheral 31
Pharmacovigilance Centre under the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU
21 Terms of reference for engagement of Regional 37
Pharmacovigilance Centre under the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU
22 Terms of reference for engagement of National 44
Pharmacovigilance Resource Centre under the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU
23 Annexure I 51
24 Annexure II 52
25 Annexure III 53
26 List of the RPC & PPC 54
27 List of the resource persons 59
28 Reporting Form 62
Preamble
Worldwide movement for the improvement of patient safety
is gaining momentum; hence the subject of drug safety becomes
even more prominent in the present day scenario. In context of
ASU; with increased use of drugs of these systems, the scope for
adulteration, preparation of counterfeit drugs and development of
formulations which do not have conceptual basis in these
systems has increased. Further cultivation of medicinal plants
with laboratory generated species is being attempted on the
basis of chemical composition and is likely to be used in
increased manner for commercial purpose. These changes may
have profound impact on the safety and efficacy of the ASU drugs
in the market. Hence a mechanism is required to put in place to
address them. Establishment of Pharmacovigilance set up is the
first required step. Pharmacovigilance is the science dedicated to
reduce the risk of drug - related harms to patients. The number of
adverse reactions to ASU drugs reported in the National
Pharmacovigilance in India is negligible. The strong belief that
ASU medicines are safe contributes to a large extent to this
situation. To compound this matter is the lack of knowledge about
the concepts and importance of pharmacovigilance in ASU
systems among ASU practitioners.
In India, National pharmacovigilance programme under the
control of Central Drug Standards Control Organization
(CDSCO) has already been started since 2003. WHO had
emphasizes that it should include traditional medicines in
pharmacovigilance system and has published guidelines on
safety monitoring of herbal medicines in pharmacovigilance
systems in 2004.
Perceptive of the importance of Pharmacovigilance,
Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research In Ayurveda,
Jamnagar has already conducted a two days workshop on 3rd &
4th December 2007, on “Pharmacovigilance for Ayurvedic Drugs:
Scope, Limitations & Methods of Implementation”, funded by
WHO, Country Office for India, New Delhi. Based on the
recommendations of the workshop, a Pharmacovigilance Cell
(PV Cell), first of its kind in India for Ayurveda, has been
established and a Reporting Form for Suspected Adverse
Reactions of Ayurvedic Formulations has been developed and
distributed among the faculty members / research scholars /
physicians under intimation to the Department of AYUSH,
Ministry of Health and F.W., Govt. of India.
To put pharmacovigilance for ASU drugs in proper place
in India, formation of a National Pharmacovigilance Centre for
ASU Drugs, under the control of Department of AYUSH, is highly
essential which would monitor the programme centrally. This
programme aims to provide adverse drug reaction data related to
various drugs of herbal, mineral, metallic, animal and other origin
available in the country.
The programme is being coordinated by NPRC-ASU under
the guidance of National Pharmacovigilance Consultative
Committee for ASU drugs being constituted by Department of
AYUSH, Ministry of Health and FW, Govt. of India.
The first National Consultative meet of National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU Drugs was organized at
Dept. of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & FW, New Delhi on 29th &
30th August 2008, sponsored by WHO, Country Office for India,
New Delhi, where the draft protocol was technically reviewed
and finalized. The finalized draft was circulated among the
experts who attended the meet for their comments and
additional inputs, if any. Based on the feed back received, final
version of the protocol is prepared and the same is being
released as a part of launching of National Pharmacovigilance
Programme.
We hope that the data generated through
Pharmacovigilance programme wil provide some answers to the
modern scientific world and better confidence in the users of
ASU Drugs, ultimately providing more acceptability of these
practices.
IPGT & RA wishes to express their sincere thanks to the
Dept. of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of
India, New Delhi for their constant encouragement, technical
and financial support extended towards the establishment of the
National Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU Drugs.
IPGT & RA also would like to thank WHO, Country Office
for India, New Delhi for their initiation and providing a strong
background to the National Pharmacovigilance Programme for
ASU Drugs.
IPGT & RA finally acknowledges the valuable
contribution of all members of different advisory committees,
who helped in preparing the protocol.
At last, we welcome the positive technical inputs which
strengthens the activities of Pharmacovigilance for ASU Drugs.
Prof. MS Baghel,
Director, IPGT & RA,
GAU -Jamnagar
BASICS OF PHARMACOVIGILANCE AND GLOSSARY
OF TERMS
1.a. : Glossary of terms :
National Pharmacovigilance Programme for Ayurveda,
Siddha &Unani (NPP - ASU)
The nation wide programme, sponsored and
coordinated by the country's National Pharmacovigilance
Resource Centre (NPRC) for ASU drugs to establish and
manage a data base of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) for
making uniformed regulatory decisions regarding
marketing authorisation of drugs in India for ensuring safety
of drugs.
National Pharmacovigilance Resource Centre for ASU
(NPRC - ASU)
It is the tertiary pharmacovigilance centre. Large
healthcare facilities attached with any of the ASU medical
colleges identified by Dept. of AYUSH, Ministry of Health
and FW, Govt. of India may be nominated as NPRC - ASU.
It would act as third level centre i.e National Centre in the
administrative structure of the NPP for ASU in India. Govt.
of India has declared Institute for Post Graduate Teaching
and Research in Ayurveda (IPGT & RA), Jamnagar as
National Resource centre for this programme. It will also
function as First contact ADR data collection unit.
Regional Pharmacovigilance Centres for ASU (RPC -
ASU)
They are the secondary pharmacovigilance
centres. Relatively larger healthcare facilities attached with
ASU medical colleges may be identified as RPC - ASU.
They would act as second level centres in the
administrative structure of the NPPI - ASU (NPP - ASU).
They will function as first contact ADR data collection units
also. They will be identified and coordinated by the NPRC -
ASU.
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Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centres for ASU (PPC -
ASU)
They are the primary pharmacovigilance centres.
Relatively smaller ASU medical Colleges / institutions
including individual ASU medical practitioners' clinics,
private hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies etc. may be
identified as PPC - ASU. They will function as first contact
ADR data collection unit at a health care facility. They would
be identified and coordinated by RPCs in consultation with
NPRC - ASU.
Coordinator
Designated in-charge of a particular participating
Pharmacovigilance centre.
Investigator
A healthcare professional involved in investigation
of drug related adverse events.
Notifier
Any person who suspects to have experienced /
observed an ADR and informs any participating
Pharmacovigilance centre about it.
Reporter
A healthcare professional reporting ADR on the
ADR form.
Monitoring
The process of overseeing drug related adverse
events at the Pharmacovigilance centre participating in the
Pharmacovigilance Programme.
Reporting
The process of providing ADR information by filling
in the ADR form appropriately and forwarding the same to
the appropriate level.
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Notification
Process of informing by a notifier to any
participating pharmacovigilance centre about the
occurrence of a suspected ADR. The process may involve
informing over telephone, in person, email, fax or any other
means of communication-verbal or written. All notifiers
must give their contact details.
Appropriate and adequate measures must be taken
to keep track of the notifier. Any follow up action will be
initiated on a notification only after the due verification of
the notifier. If the notifier cannot be traced back, it will be
recorded on the notification slip before closing the case.
Notification slip
A pre-designed structured form for ADR will be
made available by the NPRC - ASU for written
communication of a suspected ADR by the notifier duly
signed by him/her wherever feasible.
ADR Form
It's the pre-designed structured form issued by
NPRC - ASU to record ADR.
Archiving
This is to be done at the NPRC - ASU.
Audit
A systematic and independent examination
(conducted by personnel, independent of the centre) of
centre's activities and documents to determine whether
centre's activities were conducted and the data were
recorded, analysed and accurately reported according to
the protocol and regarding per formance of
pharmacovigilance centre's participation in National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU.
Confidentiality
In a confidential / secretive manner.
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Side Effect
Any unintended effect of a pharmaceutical product
occurring at doses normally used in man which is related to
the pharmacological properties of the drug.
Comment: This is an old term and is broad enough to
include both positive and negative effects of a drug apart
from its main properties or indications. Some use the term
as synonymous with 'adverse reaction', but the proposed
definition will improve clarity of use of this term.
Adverse Event / Adverse Experience
Any untoward medical occurrence that may present
during treatment with a pharmaceutical product but which
does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this
treatment.
Comment: This is a more recent term which some use
interchangeably with 'adverse reaction', but, as indicated, it
is better reserved for clinical phenomena occurring during
drug treatment where causality cannot be or is not
ascertained.
Signal
Reported information on a possible causal
relationship between an adverse event and a drug, the
relationship being unknown or incompletely documented
previously. Usually more than a single report is required to
generate a signal, depending upon the seriousness of the
event and the quality of the information.
Comment: This describes the first alert of a problem with a
drug. By its nature a signal cannot be regarded as definitive
but indicates the need for further enquiry or action. On the
other hand it is prudent to avoid a multiplicity of signals
based on single case reports since follow up of all such
would be impractical and time consuming. The definition
allows for some flexibility in approach to a signal based on
the characteristics of individual problems. Some would like
a 'signal' to include new information on positive drug effects,
but this is outside the scope of a drug safety Programme.
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Adverse Reaction
WHO Technical Report No 498 (1972); 'A response
to a drug which is noxious and unintended, and which
occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis,
diagnosis, or therapy of disease, or for the modification of
physiological function.
Comment: This basic definition includes all doses
prescribed clinically, but is intended to exclude accidental
or deliberate overdose. The sub classification of
'unexpected' was included to facilitate understanding of
the type of adverse reaction which is most important to
report to drug monitoring agencies.
Unexpected Adverse Reaction
An adverse reaction, the nature or severity of which
is not consistent with domestic labelling or market
authorization, or expected from characteristics of the drug.
Serious Adverse Event or Reaction
A serious adverse event or reaction is any untoward
medical occurrence that at any dose:
ÞResults in death
Þ Requires inpatient hospitalisation or prolongation of
existing hospitalisation
ÞResults in persistent or significant disability/ incapacity
ÞIs life-threatening
To avoid any confusion or misunderstanding of the
difference between the terms 'serious' and 'severe', the
following note of clarification is provided:
The term 'severe' is not synonymous with serious. 'Severe'
is used to describe the intensity (severity) of a specific
event (as in mild, moderate or severe); the event itself,
however, may be of relatively minor medical significance
(such as severe headache). Seriousness (not severity)
which is based on patient/event outcome or action criteria
serves as guide for defining regulatory reporting
obligations.
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1b. Most common types of adverse effects
Type A : Adverse Effects (Drug actions):
Pharmacological adverse effects
Þ Common (>1%)
ÞDose relationship
ÞSuggestive time relationship
ÞReproducible
Occurring in special situations or patients with increased
susceptibility
Þ Organ selective injury
ÞLate effects
ÞCarcinogenicity, Mutagenicity
ÞInteractions
ÞRisk situations
ÞChildhood
ÞAdolescent
ÞThe elderly
ÞRenal failure
ÞHaemodialysis
ÞPregnancy
ÞLactation
ÞPsychological Effect
Type B : Adverse Effects (Patient reactions)
Immunoallergic reactions
Þ Metabolic intolerance
ÞIdiosyncrasy
ÞRare (<1%)
ÞUnexpected
ÞCausality uncertain
ÞMechanism uncertain
ÞNo dose relationship
ÞNot reproducible experimentally
ÞCharacteristic, serious
ÞSuggestive time relationship
ÞLow background frequency
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Type C : Adverse Effects (statistical effects)
Increased frequency of 'spontaneous' disease
Þ High background frequency
ÞLess typical for a drug reaction
ÞNo suggestive time relationship
ÞOften long latency
ÞMechanism unknown
ÞDifficult to reproduce experimentally
1. Commonly used Causality Assessment terms
Certain
A clinical event, including laboratory test
abnormality, occurring in a plausible time relationship to
drug administration, and which cannot be explained by
concurrent disease or other drugs or chemicals. The
response to withdrawal of the drug (dechallenge) should
be clinically plausible. The event must be definitive
pharmacologically or phenomenologically, using a
satisfactory rechallenge procedure if necessary.
Comment: It is recognized that this stringent definition will
lead to very few reports meeting the criteria, but this is
useful because of the special value of such reports. It is
considered that time relationships between drug
administration and the onset and course of the adverse
event are important in causality analysis. So also is the
consideration of confounding features, but due weight
must placed on the known pharmacological and other
characteristics of the drug product being considered.
Some times the clinical phenomena described will also be
sufficiently specific to allow a confident causality
assessment in the absence of confounding features and
with appropriate time relationships, e.g. penicillin
anaphylaxis.
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Probable / Likely
A clinical event, including laboratory test
abnormality, with a reasonable time sequence to
administration of the drug, unlikely to be attributed to
concurrent disease or other drugs or chemicals, and which
follows a clinically reasonable response on withdrawal
(dechallenge). Rechallenge information is not required to
fulfil this definition.
Comment: This definition has less stringent wording than
for 'certain' and does not necessitate prior knowledge of
drug characteristics or clinical adverse reaction
phenomena. As stated no rechallenge information is
needed, but confounding drug administration underlying
disease must be absent.
Possible
A clinical event, including laboratory test
abnormality, with a reasonable time sequence to
administration of the drug, but which could also be
explained by concurrent disease or other drugs or
chemicals. Information on drug withdrawal may be lacking
or unclear.
Comment: This is the definition to be used when drug
causality is one of other possible causes for the described
clinical event.
Unlikely
A clinical event, including laboratory test
abnormality, with a temporal relationship to drug
administration which makes a causal relationship
improbable, and in which other drugs, chemicals or
underlying disease provide plausible explanations.
Comment: This definition is intended to be used when the
exclusion of drug causality of a clinical event seems most
plausible.
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Conditional / Unclassified
A clinical event, including laboratory test
abnormality, reported as an adverse reaction, about which
more data is essential for a proper assessment or the
additional data are under examination.
Un-assessable / Unclassifiable
A report suggesting an adverse reaction, which
cannot be judged because information is insufficient or
contradictory, and which cannot be supplemented or
verified.
Causality Assessment
Various causality terms are in use but the following
are used most widely. Some, however, do not use all the
terms, for instance many do not believe that a 'certain'
classification is possible for a single report and other make
no distinction between 'probable' and 'possible'. These
definitions are however acceptable to Programme
members who do use the terms. Where only 'possible' or
'unlikely' are used to describe reactions it must be
understood that 'possible' include those reactions which
are called by others 'probable' and 'certain', as well as
'possible'.
Whilst 'conditional/unclassified' and 'unassessable
/unclassifiable' are not causality terms, they describe the
status of adverse reaction reports and therefore allow for
practical communication about ADR issues.
Frequency of adverse drug reactions
Whenever possible, an estimate of frequency
should be provided, expressed in standard category of
frequency.
It is always difficult to estimate incidence on the
basis of spontaneous reports, owing to the uncertainty
inherent in estimating the denominator and degree of
under-reporting. However, whenever possible, an estimate
of frequency should be provided and in a standard form.
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The following standard categories of frequency are
recommended:
Precise rates will inevitably be based on studies and
limited to the more common reactions. For reactions that
are fewer than 'common', estimates of frequency will
inevitably be based on spontaneous reports or on very
large post-marketing studies or other special studies, and
the numbers will be less precise; therefore, the source of
the estimates (spontaneous or clinical) should be
indicated. Stating the absolute numbers of cases reported
may be misleading since they inevitably will become
outdated.
Requisite Infrastructure:
It includes a room of minimum 100 sq. feet, PC with internet
facility, Furniture and other office accessories to run the
programme.
National Pharmacovigilance Technical Advisory
Committee:
This is a technical committee mainly concerned
with reviewing and analysing the ADRs reported at different
levels and to suggest proper remedial measures.
ASU Drugs:
Ayurveda, Siddha or Unani (ASU) drugs includes
all medicines intended for internal or external use for or in
the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of
disease or disorder in human beings or animals, and
manufactured exclusively in accordance with the formulae
described in the authoritative books of Ayurveda, Siddha
Very common > 1/10 (> 10%)
Common (frequent) > 1/100 and < 1/10 (> 1% and < 10%)
Uncommon (infrequent) > 1/1,000 and < 1/100 (> 0.1% and < 1 %)
Rare >1/10,000 and < 1,000 (> 0.01% and < 0.1%)
Very rare < 1/10,000 (< 0.01%)
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and Unani systems of medicine, specified in the First
Schedule of Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940.
Health Care Professional:
Registered Medical practitioners of ASU Systems
and other para medical personnel who are involved in
providing healthcare like nurses, pharmacists, primary
health care workers etc.
National Pharmacovigilance Consultative Committee
for ASU Drugs (NPCC - ASU)
This committee shall comprise mainly of
administrative heads of National Institutes, regulatory
authorities and technical persons and shall have
responsibility of monitoring and regulating administrative
and financial aspects related to the programme.
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2. National Pharmacovigilance Consultative
Committee for ASU Drugs (NPCC - ASU)
This committee shall comprise mainly of
administrative heads of National Institutes, regulatory
authorities and technical persons and shall have
responsibility of monitoring and regulating administrative
and financial aspects related to the programme.
Chairperson : Director, IPGT & RA
Member Secretary : Co-ordinator, NPRC
Members:
1. Director, CCRAS or his representative
2. One Director, Dept. of AYUSH
3. Director, National Institute of Ayurveda
4. Director, National Institute of Unani Medicine
5. Director, National Institute of Siddha Medicine
6. Director, PLIM
7. Dean, Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS, BHU, Varanasi
8. Chairman, APC
9. Drug Controller of ASU Drugs or his representative
10. Three Experts from concerned subjects
11. Chairman, PV Centre, IPGT & RA, Jamnagar
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3. National Pharmacovigilance Technical Advisory
Committee for ASU Drugs (NPTAC - ASU)
This is a technical committee mainly concerned
with reviewing and analysing the ADRs reported at different
levels and to suggest proper remedial measures.
Chairperson : Director, IPGT & RA
Member Secretary : Co-ordinator, NPRC
Members:
1. Director, CCRAS
2. Drug Controller of ASU Drugs
3. Four members from RPCs. One each from Siddha
and Unani. Remaining two from Ayurveda. The
representation should for two years.
4. One Advisor from ASU systems. Nominated by
Secretary, Dept. of AYUSH
Representatives from Subject Specialties:
5. One representative from Dravyaguna
6. One representative from Agada Tantra
7. One representative from Kayachikitsa
8. One representative from Rasa Shastra
9. One representative from Bhaishajya Kalpana
10. One Representative from Swastha Vritta
11. One representative from Roga Nidana
12. One representative from Pharmacology / Toxicology
13. One representative from Modern Pharmacovigilance
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4. NATIONAL PHARMACOVIGILANCE PROGRAMME
FOR ASU DRUGS
Objectives:
Though for centuries ASU drugs are considered as
safe and innocuous drugs, this perception is likely to
change in the light of some recent occurrence of
incidences of ADR during their use. This along with
increased wide spread use of both at national and
international levels is likely to lead to increased interaction
of these drugs with diverse genomic profiles. This is likely
to more incidences of expression of unexpected effects,
which may be useful or adverse in nature. Thus, it should
be considered as the right time to evolve a mechanism to
record ADR of ASU drugs. Since there are considerable
social and economic consequences of adverse drug
reactions and the positive benefit/cost ratio of
implementing appropriate risk management there is a
need to engage health-care professionals and the public at
large, in a well structured programme to build synergies for
monitoring adverse drug reactions of ASU medicines. The
purpose of the programme is to collect and collate data,
analyse it and use the inferences to recommend informed
regulatory interventions, besides communicating risks to
healthcare professionals and the public.
The National Pharmacovigilance Programme for
ASU medicines will have the following objectives:
ÞShort-term objectives:
To develop the culture of notification.
ÞMedium-term objectives:
To involve healthcare professionals and
professional associations in the drug
monitoring and information dissemination
processes.
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ÞLong-term objectives:
To achieve operational efficiencies that
would make National Pharmacovigilance
Programme for ASU drugs a benchmark
for global drug monitoring endeavours.
make National Pharmacovigilance
Programme for ASU drugs a benchmark
for global drug monitoring endeavours.
Since ages Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems
are being practised in India. Now in this era of
globalization certain concerns are raised with regards to
their safety. On Indian plants or Indian plant based
products severe toxicity is yet to be reported. Ayurveda
has categorized toxic plants separately and for their use
special processing is essential. There is a wide spread
misconception that all drugs of “natural” origin are “safe”.
There is also a common belief that long term use of a
medicine based on tradition, assures both safety and
efficacy. Further when traditional (ASU) medicines are
used in conjunction with other medicines there is the
potential of serious adverse drug interactions. There are
also examples of traditional (ASU) medicines being
adulterated or contaminated with allopathic medicines,
chemicals such as corticosteroids, non-sterodial antiinflammatory
agents etc. Further many ASU drugs are
manufactured for global use and they have moved
beyond the traditional and cultural framework for which
they were originally intended. Currently, the majority of
adverse events related to the use of herbal / traditional
products that are reported are attributed either due to poor
product quality or to improper use.
ASU systems of medicines have their own
principles, have their own pharmacopoeia, but are
practised in the country as OTC drugs and without an
authentic prescription. A recent WHO survey showed that
around 90 countries, less than half of WHO's member
state, currently regulate herbal medicines.
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I n c l u s i o n o f t r a d i t i o n a l me d i c i n e s i n
Pharmacovigilance systems is becoming increasingly
important given the growing use of ASU products and
medicines globally. Pharmacovigilance is defined as the
detection, assessment and prevention of adverse drug
reactions in humans.
It is the process of:
ÞMonitoring medicines as used in everyday
practice to identify previously unrecognised
adverse effects or changes in the patterns of
their adverse effects.
ÞAssessing the risks and benefits of medicines
in order to determine what action, if any, is
necessary to improve their safe use.
ÞProviding information to users to optimise safe
and effective use of medicines.
ÞMonitoring the impact of any action taken.
5. FRAMEWORK FOR PHARMACOVIGILANCE FOR
ASU DRUGS:
The National Pharmacovigilance Resource Centre
for ASU Drugs is assigned to coordinate a country-wide
Pharmacovigilance programme under the aegis of
Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
Government of India.
The programme shall be coordinated at Institute for
Post Graduate Teaching & Research in Ayurveda (IPGT &
RA), Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. The National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU drugs will operate
under the guidance of the National Pharmacovigilance
Technical Advisory Committee to recommend procedures
and guidelines for regulatory interventions.
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6. THE NATIONAL PHARMACOVIGILANCE
RESOURCE CENTRE AT IPGT&RA
The National Pharmacovigilance Resource Centre,
IPGT & RA:
a Shall monitor the adverse drug reactions of ASU
medicines in order to identify previously unexpected
adverse drug reactions or indicate that certain
reactions occur more commonly than previously
believed. This will include the collation, review and
evaluation of all spontaneous ADR reports received
by the unit on a nation-wide basis. This information will
then be keyed into the ADR database for use in
aggregate analysis. These reports shall also be
submitted to the WHO International Drug Monitoring
Programme for international collaboration on drug
safety.
b Shall seek Periodic Safety Update Reports (PSURs)
submitted by pharmaceutical companies.
Pharmaceutical companies are requested to submit
the PSURs of all new patent ASU drugs. PSURs are
expected to be submitted every 6 monthly for the first 2
years of marketing in India, and annually for the
subsequent 2 years.
c Shall maintain contacts with international regulatory
bodies working in pharmacovigilance and exchange
information on drug safety under intimation of Dept. of
AYUSH.
d Shall assess the safety information in order to
determine what action, if necessary, needs to be taken
to improve safe use. Based on the available data, the
Technical Advisory Committee shall make
recommendations on product label amendments,
product withdrawals and suspension.
e Shall provide information to end-users through
adverse drug reaction news bulletins, drug alerts
and seminars.
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For further information please contact:
Coordinator
National Pharmacovigilance Resource Centre
for ASU Drugs (NPRC-ASU)
Aswini Bhawan,
IPGT&RA, Gujarat Ayurved University
Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, 361 008
Ph./Fax : 0288-2553936
Email:
www. ayurveduniversity.com
7. Outline of the National Pharmacovigilance
Programme For ASU
The National Pharmacovigilance Programme for
ASU drugs aims to provide adverse drug reaction data
related to various ASU drugs available in the country. The
programme will be supervised by the National
Pharmacovigilance Resource Centre for ASU [NPRC -
ASU] constituted by Department of AYUSH, Ministry of
Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India. The Programme
would comprise of the following steps:
Step 1:
Identifying various centres across the country for
recording ADR related data.
a. Setting up of 8 Regional Pharmacovigilance
Centres [RPC] under the programme. Each
Regional Centre shall provide sufficient space
with requisite infrastructure.
b. Identifying 30 Peripheral Pharmacovigilance
Centres [PPC] across the country preferably
one in every state.
Eligibility criteria for identifying a PPC are
provided in Annexure 1.
Step 2: Training:
To ensure harmonized implementation of the
Programme efforts shall be made to arrive at a uniform
understanding of the operational systems, along with
standardized formats to document and analyse ADRs.
An induction training programme shall be arranged for
healthcare professionals participating in the NPP for
nprcasu@gmail.com
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ASU Drugs.
Uniform training will be given to all the participating
centres. Intensive interaction / training sessions will be
organized for all participants to:
Þ Clearly define their individual and team roles and
responsibilities
Þ Set operational benchmarks e.g.
Strategies for implementation:
i Each PPC
To record some ADRs each month (statistically
speaking 30 ADR in about 1000 patients who visit
each month would be quite easy to record)
Completed ADR forms shall be forwarded to the
concerned RPC at the end of each month under
intimation to concerned AYUSH authority.
ii Each RPC
a. To collate and scrutinize the data received fromPPC
b. To perform the causality analysis of all the forms
received every month.
c. To submit a monthly report prepared in a specific
form to be forwarded to National Pharmacovigilance
Resource Centre (NPRC - ASU) every month.
d. To report any alarming ADRs with in 24 hrs. to
NPRC - ASU along with supporting evidence.
iii NPRC
a. To collate the data received from RPCs and
its own centre.
b. To verify / validate the causality analysis.
c. To prepare Monthly Information Sheet (MIS)
reports in a specified format.
d. To pass on the final data to National
pharmacovigilance Technical Advisory
Committee ASU (NPTAC - ASU) for analysis.
e. To pass the analysed data to Department of
AYUSH, Govt of India for further necessary
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action.
f. To call a meeting of NPCC- ASU as and when
necessary.
g. To publish a periodic newsletter
h. To generate awareness by distributing
brochures rhroughout the country particularly in
different ventures like CME / RoTP / Workshops
/ Seminars etc.
i. To initiate for incorporation of Pharmacovigilance
Systems as a part of curriculum in UG and PG
(particularly in DG / RS & BK subjects) syllabus
of Ayurveda.
Þ Evolve SOPs for generating and forwarding ADR data
and for general conduct of the Programme (NPRC to
prepare SOPs which must ensure that the Programme
is conducted in compliance with this Protocol).
Þ Impart relevant skills for carrying out ADR data capture
namely:
a Appropriate communication skills to elicit
ADR related information
b For recording ADR information through
hands-on training
c For meticulous collation and completeness
of data
d For fostering notification culture.
These training programs and interaction meetings shall
be held every 6 months after the initial training. Besides,
continuous communication through emails, carrying
relevant information related to ADR monitoring methods
shall be maintained among the participating centres.
Coordinator's eligibility at different tiers of NPP For
ASU Drugs
PPC :
A teacher of Dravyaguna / Rasashastra,
Bhaishajya Kalpana / any clinical department /
Agadatantra, allied departments of Siddha and Unani
systems of medicines, Research Officer (ASU)
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RPC :
A teacher of Dravyaguna / Rasashastra, Bhaishajya
Kalpana / any clinical department / Agadatantra, allied
departments of Siddha and Unani systems of medicines,
preferably not below the rank of Sr. Lecturer / Assistant
professor, attached to an ASU medical college, and
Assistant Director (ASU)
NPRC :
A teacher of Dravyaguna / Rasashastra, Bhaishajya
Kalpana / any clinical department / Agadatantra not below
the rank of an Asso. Professor.
All coordinators must obtain official permission, in
writing; from their respective head of the institution / chief
of the hospital, and submit the document to the NPRC.
NPRC wi l l appoint dedicated Ayurvedic
pharmacologist and data managers (project staff). The
Ayurvedic pharmacologist must be computer literate. The
data manager must have sufficient competence in
database designing, data entry and data analysis.
Study population:
Anyone experiencing adverse events suspected to be
caused by ASU drugs.
Causality Assessment:
As per WHO recommended methodologies.
Archiving:
All data generated (including reporting forms) will be
stored and preserved for the purpose of archiving for a
minimum period of 5 years, at the NPRC.
Confidentiality:
Patient's identity is not revealed on the form only
the patient identifier is mentioned. Identity of the patients
and related data will be used only for research and
regulatory purpose and sufficient measures will be taken
to maintain confidentiality of such information.
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The identity of the notifier / reporter must be
recorded in the ADR form or Notification Slip so that in
future the data can be verified if needed in future.
Audit and Monitoring:
Overall supervision of participating centres of all
levels will be done by NPCC -ASU, through NPRC office as
per a pre-designed audit protocol, thereby making room for
prompt correction of deficiencies so detected. The purpose
of the audit activities will be to ensure the quality of ADR
information, which must be authentic (including traceability
of the patient), complete (all essential data elements filledin),
timeline compliant, and legible. The audit activity will
also look into overall compliance with SOPs. The overall
cost effectiveness analysis of the Programme will also be
evaluated by the audit process. This would refer to
regularity of the key personnel, particularly the dedicated
Programme staff, and the average time they devote in the
project work.
NPRC will thus be responsible for overall
coordination and supervision of all pharmacovigilance
activities under the Programme and performance of the
various centres involved in this project.
Financial Assistance:
There shall be a provision for financial assistance to
run the programme successfully.
Change of centre:
If the performance of any centre is not satisfactory,
the NPCC-ASU is empowered to take decision to relocate
the centre.
8. STEPS FOR FOSTERING “REPORTING CULTURE”
An electronic newsletter shall be published
periodically to exchange the information among the
participating centres. Professional bodies and nongovernment
organizations [NGOs] shall be approached for
collaboration.
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Other promotional strategies that may be considered
include:
ÞPosters
ÞAnnual celebration of Pharmacovigilance Day
ÞLeaflets for patients / doctors
ÞIntegrating pharmacovigilance learning sessions
into undergraduate curriculum
ÞInterface with ASU Associations
ÞEmail /referral system
ÞCross links on the websites
ÞPharmacovigilance-related articles in the newspapers
/ health journals
ÞA dedicated pharmacovigilance web site shall be
created by the NPC and it will be hyperlinked with
other AYUSH organizations.
ÞInteractive workshops at RPC level are to be
organized at regular intervals inviting information
from the sufferers / consumers.
9. WHAT TO REPORT
The National Pharmacovigilance Programme For
ASU drugs (NPP-ASU) shall encourage reporting of all
suspected drug related adverse events, including those
suspected to have been caused by interaction with any
other drugs or food incompatibilities. The reporting of
seemingly insignificant or common adverse reactions
would be important since it may highlight a widespread
prescribing problem.
The programme particularly solicits reports of:
ÞAll adverse reactions suspected to have been
caused by ASU drugs alone or along with any
other drugs.
ÞAll suspected drug interactions
ÞReactions to any other drugs which are
suspected of significantly affecting a patient's
management, including reactions suspected
of causing:
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a. Death
b. Life threatening (real risk of dying)
c. Hospitalisation (initial or prolonged)
d. Disability (significant, persistent or
permanent)
e. Congenital anomaly
f. Required intervention to prevent
permanent impairment or damage
The prescribed 'Adverse Drug Event Reporting
Form For ASU Drugs' shall be used for the purpose of
National Pharmacovigilance Programme For ASU.
10. WHO CAN REPORT
Any health care professional may report suspected
adverse drug events. The Programme shall not accept
reports from lay members of the public or anyone else who
is not a health care professional. Others can report through
the physicians under whom he / she had undergone
treatment.
Drug Related Information Report:
Consumer may directly report to the concerned PPC /
RPC / nearest health centre or physician regarding the
suspected ADR
11. WHERE TO REPORT
The reporting on prescribed format will be done to any
of the Pharmacovigilance centres.
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12. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE INFORMATION
SUBMITTED
The information in the form shall be handled in
confidentiality. Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centres
shall forward the form to the respective Regional
Pharmacovigilance Centres who will carry out the
causality analysis. This information shall be forwarded to
the National Pharmacovigilance Resource Centre. The
data will be statistically analysed and forwarded to the
Dept. of AYUSH, Govt. of India.
13. QUALITY OF SUSPECTED ADVERSE DRUG
REACTION INFORMATION
Only those forms which meet the following criteria
shall be analysed:
ÞAuthenticity (including reporter's and patient's
traceability)
ÞCompleteness (at least with respect to point no.'s
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 11 on the ADR Reporting Form) for
ASU drugs
ÞLegibility
In order to avoid receiving fake unauthentic reports
or reports by parties having vested interests against any
drug(s).it is important that the reporter's identity is clearly
stated in the form so that the reporter can be approached
to verify the authenticity of the entire report.
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Sl. Responsibilities PPC RPC NPRC
No
1 To collect ADR reporting Ö Ö Ö
2 To fill in the ADR form properly Ö Ö Ö
3 To forward duly-filled in ADR forms to Ö Ö -
next higher level centre
4 To maintain a log of all ADR notification Ö Ö Ö
forms (blank or filled) received and
forwarded
5 To identify, induce PPC / RPC (with - - Ö
concurrence of NPRC - ASU), provide
them with general technical support,
coordinate and monitor their functioning
6 To identify and deploy a pharmacologist - - Ö
for management of pharmacovigilance
tasks
7 To identify and deploy a data manager for - - Ö
data management under NPP
8 To carry out (or review) causality analysis - Ö Ö
of all ADR forms or review such analysis
by the RPC
9 To forward all duly-filled ADR forms as Ö Ö Ö
per pre-determined time line i.e. first
week of every month Information of all
serious ADR's must be conveyed to the
NPRC within 2 working days by fax, email,
telephone, courier as per stipulated
guideline
10 To report all serious adverse reactions Ö Ö -
within 24 Hrs.
11 To forward periodic reports to next higher Ö Ö -
centre in first week of every month.
12 To liaison with healthcare professionals in Ö Ö
Ö
order to inculcate / foster the culture of
ADR reporting
1. Acknowledge the cooperation of the notifier
2. Share with notifier relevant feedback from higher
centres
13 To orgnize and attend training programs/ Ö Ö Ö
interactive meetings for all lower level
centres
14 Organize the public campaigns to Ö Ö
Ö
14. RESPONSIBILITIES OF CENTRE'S COORDINATORS
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15. IMPORTANT:
RPC and NPRC are acknowledged to have
comparable professional competence. Their hierarchical
position is only for administrative and management
purposes (NPRC has the additional responsibilities for data
collation, statistical analysis and archiving). Concurrence
for selection of new PPCs / RPCs will be given by the NRPC
in consultation with NPCC-ASU. If a new centre is being
proposed to replace a non functional PPC or RPC, the
NPCC-ASU shall provide their opinion/concurrence in not
more than one month.
New centres may join the Programme depending
on the need in a particular territory and availability of
resources to support new centre(s). The request may be
forwarded through the respective RPC / NPRC to the
NPCC-ASU which will take a final decision in this regard. In
all cases, Head of the Institution desiring to join the
Programme must give administrative clearance to this
effect.
16. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
Sl PPC to RPC RPC to NPRC NPRC to NPCC
No
01 Period of report
02 Number of Number of Number of
reportings reportings reportings
received in the received in the received in the
preceding period? preceding period? preceding period?
03 Number of ADR Number of ADR Number of ADR
reports reports reports
04 Number of serious Number of serious Number of serious
(or suspected serious (or suspected serious (or suspected serious
ADR reports(if any) ADR reports (if any) ADR reports (if any)
05 Number of serious Number of serious Number of serious
(or suspected serious (or suspected serious (or suspected serious
ADR reports ADR reports ADR reports
forwarded within forwarded within forwarded within
specified time. specified time. specified time.
06 Number of serious Number of serious Number of serious
(or suspected serious (or suspected serious (or suspected serious
ADR reports not ADR reports not ADR reports not
forwarded within forwarded within forwarded within
specified time. specified time. specified time.
07 Reason for delay Reason for delay Reason for delay
Period of report Period of report
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08 Important Important Important
happenings happenings happenings
or developments or developments or developments
(events that (events that (events that
happened other than happened other than happened other than
the way they should the way they should the way they should
have happened or have happened or have happened or
events that didnt events that didnt events that didnt
happen the way they happen the way they happen the way they
should have should have should have
happened) happened) happened)
09 Total No. of ADR Total No. of ADR Total No. of ADR
forms received forms received forms received
10 No. of ADR forms No. of ADR forms No. of ADR forms
in which causality in which causality in which causality
assessments ADR assessments ADR assessments ADR
11 Any other New PPC identified No of
observations and recommended recommendations
if any from RPC for new
PPC
12 No. of notifications / No. of ADR forms
reports received received from RPC in
from each centre which causality
assessment has
been ADR
13 No. of reports No. of ADR forms
inappropriately filled in received from RPC in
by respective PPCs which causality
assessment has
been verified /
reassessed
(all SAEs and10 % of
all remaining)
14 Actions taken / No. of forms archived
recommended
15 Monitoring Monitoring
activities done activities done
16 Acknowledgments No. of notifications /
sent in time reports received from
each centre
17 CME awareness No. of reports filled in
activities if any inappropriately by
respective Regional
Centres
18 Any other Actions taken /
observations recommended
19 Acknowledgments
sent in time
20 CME & awareness
activities if any
21 Any other
observations
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17. PUBLICATION OF DATA
ADR data may be published without referring the
name of National Pharmacovigilance programme and the
patient's identity.
18. PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS:
It will be the responsibility of the Coordinators of the
respective Pharmacovigilance Centres to supervise and
monitor the performance. In case of any non-conformance
or violation of the Protocol, the supervising Coordinator shall
issue (3 reminders at monthly intervals) to the concerned
centre in accordance with the governance. If no satisfactory
response is received even after 3 reminders - the defaulting
Centre shall be assumed to have withdrawn from the
programme.
In view of the above RPC gets closed down, NPRC
will takeover the functions till a new RPC is established.
19. RESOURCES FOR PHARMACOVIGILANCE
CENTRES
Publications related to Pharmacovigilance shall be
provided to various centres as identified by the NPCC-ASU:
Current editions of:
a. Poisonous plants of India
b. ASU Official Pharmacopoeia and Formularies
c. 7 volumes of Database of medicinal plants published
by CCRAS
d. Meyler's Side Effects
e. AHFS Drug Information hand book
f. Martindale / online
g. Davies Text Book of ADR
h. Physician's Desk reference
i Bhaishajya Ratnavali
j. Rasayoga Sagara : 2 volumes
k. Unani / Siddha Publications
l. List of poisonous plants
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NPRC will provide honorarium to Co-ordinator and
salary to the following qualified experts having degrees: MD
(Ayu) in Dravyaguna / Rasa Shastra, Bhaishajya Kalpana,
MD (Unani) in Ilmul Advia / Ilmul saidla, MD (Siddha) in
Gunapadam, M. Pharm. (Ayu) / B. Pharm. (Ayu) and a data
manager. Untied funds will be made available to the NPRC.
RPC and PPC will be provided funds towards
honorarium to the Co-ordinators and untied funds to
carryout the activities.
All centre co-ordintators will be provided training on
the following issues:
` Skills to foster reporting culture.
` Communications skills for complete and meticulous
collection of data.
` Methodology of filling up the forms
How often: At initiation of the programme / centres;
subsequently every 6 months
Regional and National centre are acknowledged to
have comparable professional competence. Their
hierarchical position is primarily for administrative and
management purposes (National centre has the additional
responsibility for data collation and archiving). Concurrence
/ selection of Peripheral Centre / Regional Centres will be
given by the NPRC.
NPRC to remain at the same venue even if the
Coordinator moves to another institution.
If a new institution wants to join the programme, its head
has to write to NPRC identifying a coordinator and its intention
for joining the programme.
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20. Terms of Reference for Engagement of Peripheral
Pharmacovigilance Centre under the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU
a Background
Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi has
initiated the National Pharmacovigilance Programme For
ASU drugs. NPRC-ASU is coordinating the country-wide
Pharmacovigilance programme for ASU drugs.
Worldwide movement for the improvement of
patient safety gains momentum, the subject of drug safety
becomes even more prominent. Pharmacovigilance is the
science dedicated to reduce the risk of drug-related harms
to the consumers. Looking in to the conditions prevailing in
the present scenario, it is high time to deliberate regarding
the burning issues over traditional and classical
Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani products and practices; it is
felt to constitute a National Pharmacovigilance Centre for
ASU Drugs in India.
The programme shall be coordinated by NPRC,
IPGT&RA, GAU, Jamnagar under the supervision of a
National Pharmacovigilance Consultative Committee for
ASU which would monitor the programme and also
recommend regulatory interventions based on the
generated Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) data.
b Objectives of the Assignment
Assignment:
To manage the Peripheral Pharmacovigilance
centres For ASU Drugs.
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The overall objective as per the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme For ASU will be:
ÞTo monitor safety of the drugs and provide
structured inputs for appropriate regulatory
interventions.
ÞTo create awareness about ADR monitoring of
ASU drugs in their respective vicinity.
Peripheral centres will be the primary
pharmacovigilance centres under the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme For ASU.
To carry out the functions as envisaged in the
“Protocol for the National Pharmacovigilance Programme
For ASU” a Coordinator will have to be designated who will
be in-charge of the pharmacovigilance activities at the
designated peripheral centre.
By accepting to participate in the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU, all centres
explicitly agree that all pharmacovigilance activities at their
institutions shall be performed in strict consonance with the
National Pharmacovigilance Programme appended here
(Coordinators of the centres and heads of the institutions
are advised to carefully go through the Protocol prior to
joining the programme).
c Outline of tasks to be carried out
The National Pharmacovigilance Programme for
ASU, encourages the reporting of all suspected adverse
reaction to ASU drugs. The reporting of seemingly
insignificant or common adverse reactions would be
important since it may highlight a wide spread prescribing
problem.
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Peripheral Centre is expected to carry out the
following tasks:
1. To maintain a log of all ADR notification
forms received and forwarded
2. To receive blank ADR forms and acknowledge
receipt
3. To fill or get filled the ADR forms
4. Collect Adverse Drug notifications from
own centres
5. Receive Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR)
forms and maintain log of all ADR forms
received and forwarded.
6. Correspond with Regional Centres for
general technical support, and coordination
7. Carry out (and/or review) data causality
analysis of all ADRs
8. To forward all duly-filled ADR forms [those
generated at the same centre] as per predetermined
time line
9. Forward periodic reports to the RPC centre
as per Sl. No. 9
10. Liaise with health care professionals in
order to inculcate / foster the culture of ADR
reporting / notification by acknowledging
the cooperation by the notifier and share
with the notifier relevant feedback from
higher centre.
11. Attend training programmes / interactive
meetings for peripheral centres falling
u n d e r t h e r e s p e c t i v e Re g i o n a l
pharmacovigilance centres
12. To provide updates, reports and such other
information as may be required by the
National Pharmacovigilance Technical
Advisory Committee for ASU and to attend
their meetings
13. To conduct special pharmacovigilance
projects on various drugs which may be of
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special concern or interest to NPRC /
Government of India
14. To maintain account of the funds provided
under this program as per your institution's
systems; To provide a consolidated
statement to the regional centre
15. Carryout audits to ensure compliance with
the program, enlist non-compliance,
establish corrective measures and
implement them at peripheral centres
In line with the size & patient intake of the
institutions where it is based, the peripheral centre shall
ensure a minimum 10 adverse events reporting every
month and this number must be increased periodically.
This number will be in addition to the number of reports
generated by the National and regional centres.
d Schedule of Performance of Tasks:
The duration of the assignment is three years (with
a review at the end of the year). The time schedule for
performance of various tasks is detailed below:
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S. No. Task Time Schedule
1. To maintain a log of all ADR notification
forms received and forwarded
2. To receive blank ADR forms and
acknowledge receipt
3. To fill or get filled the ADR forms
4. Collect Adverse Drug notifications from Monthly
own centres
5. Receive Adverse Drug Event (ADR) Monthly
forms and maintain log of all ADR
forms received and forwarded.
6. Carry out (and/or review) data causality Monthly
analysis of all ADRs
7. To forward all duly-filled ADR forms as per Monthly
pre-determined time line
8. Forward periodic reports to the NPRC Monthly
centre as per Sl. No. 9
9. Liaise with health care professionals in
order to inculcate / foster the culture of
ADR reporting / notification by
acknowledging the cooperation by the
notifier and share with the notifier
relevant feedback from higher centre.
10. Organize and attend training programmes 6 months in
/ interactive meetings addition to
induction of
training
11. To provide updates, reports and such other
information as may be required by the
National Pharmacovigilance Technical
Advisory Committee for ASU and to attend
their meetings
12. To conduct special pharmacovigilance
projects on various drugs which may be of
special concern or interest to NPRC /
Dept of AYUSH, Government of India
13. To maintain account of the funds provided Quarterly
under this program as per your institution's
systems; To provide a consolidated
statement to the NPRC
14. Carryout audits to ensure compliance with Quarterly
the program, enlist non-compliance,
establish corrective measures and
implement them
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e Data Services and Facilities to be provided by NPRC
NPRC shall coordinate the programme and arrange
for training for those professionals who are participating in
the programme.
f Final Output that will be required
a) Structured pharmacovigilance data, based
on the ADR forms collected.
b) A structured annual report describing
smooth and efficient operation of the
program, in accordance with the Protocol.
g Financial support under the Project:
The following financial support shall be provided
by NPRC:
1 One post of Co-ordinator: MD (Ayu) in
Dravyaguna / Rasa Shastra, Bhaishajya
Kalpana, MD (Unani) in Ilmul Advia / Ilmul
saidla, MD (Siddha) in Gunapadam or in
any clinical subjects of ASU
The remuneration for the above post will be
as decided by the National
Pharmacovigilance Consultative
Committee.
2. Expenditure on office operation for
peripheral centre: Rs. 15,000.00 p.a. (Rs.
Fifteen Thousands Only) is proposed.
3. ADR Reporting forms, various books and
periodicals, MIS reporting forms shall be
provided by the NPRC, which will also
provide funds for Regional / Peripheral
centres for interaction meetings and
trainings twice a year.
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h MIS Formats for Reporting by Proposal Centre to RPC
1. Period of Report
2. Number of notifications received in the
preceding period
3. Number of Reports of ADR and number of
serious or suspected serious ADR reports, if any
4. Number of serious or suspected serious ADR reports
forwarded with in the specified time
5. Number of serious or suspected serious ADR reports
not forwarded with in the specified time along with the
reasons for delay
6. Important happenings or developments
7. Total number of ADR forms received
8. Number of forms archived
9. Monitoring activities done
10. No. of notifications / reports received from their
respective vicinity.
11. Actions taken / recommended
12. Acknowledgements sent in time
13. CME awareness activities if any
14. Any other observations
21. Terms of Reference for engagement of Regional
Pharmacovigilance Centre under the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU Drugs
a Background
Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi has initiated the
National Pharmacovigilance Programme For ASU drugs.
NPRC-ASu is coordinat ing the count ry-wide
Pharmacovigilance programme for ASU drugs.
Worldwide movement for the improvement of patient
safety gains momentum, the subject of drug safety becomes
even more prominent. Pharmacovigilance is the science
dedicated to reduce the risk of drug-related harms to the
consumers. Looking in to the conditions prevailing in the
present scenario, it is high time to deliberate regarding the
burning issues over traditional and classical Ayurvedic,
Siddha and Unani products and practices; it is felt to
constitute a National Pharmacovigilance Centre for ASU
Drugs in India.
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37
The programme shall be coordinated by NPRC,
IPGT&RA, GAU, Jamnagar under the supervision of a
National Pharmacovigilance Consultative Committee for
ASU which would monitor the programme and also
recommend regulatory interventions based on the
generated Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) data.
b Objective of the Assignment:
Assignment: To manage the Regional
Pharmacovigilance centre for ASU drugs
The overall objective as per the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme will be:
1. To monitor safety of the drugs and provide
structured inputs for appropriate regulatory
interventions
2. To create awareness about ADR monitoring
in India
Regional centres will be the secondary
pharmacovigilance centres under the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU.
To carry out the functions as envisaged in the
“Protocol for the National Pharmacovigilance Programme
for ASU” a Coordinator will have to be designated who will
be in-charge of the pharmacovigilance activities at the
designated regional centre.
By accepting to participate in the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU all centres
explicitly agree that all pharmacovigilance activities at their
institutions shall be performed in strict consonance with
the National Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU
appended here (Coordinators of the centres and heads of
the institutions are advised to carefully go through the
Protocol prior to joining the programme).
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38
c Outline of tasks to be carried out
The National Pharmacovigilance Programme for
ASU, encourages the reporting of all suspected adverse
reaction to ASU drugs. The reporting of seemingly
insignificant or common adverse reactions would be
important since it may highlight a wide spread prescribing
problem:
Regional Centre is expected to carry out the following
tasks.
1. To maintain a log of all ADR notification forms
received and forwarded
2. To receive blank ADR forms and acknowledge
receipt
3. To fill or get filled the ADR forms
4. Collect Adverse Drug notifications from Peripheral
as well as its own centres
5. Receive Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) forms and
maintain log of all ADR forms received and
forwarded.
6. Correspond with Peripheral Centres, provide them
with general technical support, coordinate and
monitor their functionings.
7. Carry out (and/or review) data causality analysis of
all ADRs
8. To forward all duly-filled ADR forms [those
generated at the same centre and those received
from immediate lower-level centre] as per predetermined
time line
9. Forward periodic reports to the NPRC centre as
per Sl. No. 9
10. Liaise with health care professionals in order to
inculcate / foster the culture of ADR reporting /
notification by acknowledging the cooperation by
the notifier and share with the notifier relevant
feedback from higher centre.
11. Organize and attend training programmes /
interactive meetings for all peripheral centres.
12. To provide updates, reports and such other
information as may be required by the NPRC /
National Pharmacovigilance Technical Committee
/ National Pharmacovigilance Technical Advisory
Committee and to attend their meetings.
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39
13. To conduct special pharmacovigilance projects on
various drugs which may be of special concern or
interest to NPRC / Government of India
14. To maintain account of the funds provided under
this program as per the institution's systems; To
review the account statement received from
peripheral centres and provide a consolidated
statement to the NPRC
15. Carryout audits to ensure compliance with the
program, enlist non-compliance, establish
corrective measures and implement them at
regional centres and oversee their implications at
peripheral centres
In line with the size & patient intake of the institutions
where it is based, the regional centre shall ensure a
minimum 30 adverse event reporting every month and this
number must be increased periodically. This number will be
in addition to the number of reports generated by the
peripheral centres falling under respective regional centres.
d Schedule of Performance of Tasks
The duration of the assignment is 3 years (with a
review at the end of every year). The time schedule for
performance of various tasks is detailed below:
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40
S. No. Task Time Schedule
1. To maintain a log of all ADR
notification forms received and
forwarded
2. To receive blank ADR forms and
acknowledge receipt
3. To fill or get filled the ADR forms
4. Collect & collate Adverse Drug Monthly
notifications from Peripheral as
well as own centres
5. Receive Adverse Drug Events Monthly
(ADR) forms and maintain log of
all ADR forms received and
forwarded.
6. Correspond with Peripheral
Centres,provide them with general
technical support, coordinate and
monitor their functioning.
7. Identify and delegate a
pharmacologist for management
of pharmacovigilance tasks.
8. Identify and delegate a data
manager for the data
management under National
Pharmacovigilance Programme
9. Carry out (and/or review) data Monthly
causality analysis of all ADRs
10. To forward all duly-filled ADR Monthly
forms [those generated at the
same centre and those received
from immediate lower-level
centre] as per pre-determined
time line
11. Forward periodic reports to the
NPRC centre as per Sl. No. 9
12. Liaise with health care
professionals in order to inculcate
/ foster the culture of ADR reporting
/ notification by acknowledging the
cooperation by the notifier and
share with the notifier relevant
feedback from higher centre.
13. Organize and attend training
programmes / interactive meetings
for all peripheral centres falling
under the respective regional
pharmacovigilance centres
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14. To provide updates, reports and
such other information as may be
required by the National
Pharmacovigilance Technical
Advisory Committee and to
attend their meetings
15. To conduct special pharmacovigilance
projects on various drugs which may
be of special concern or interest to
NPRC / Deptt of AYUSH,
Government of India
16. To maintain account of the Quarterly
funds provided under this program as per
your institution's systems; To review the
account statement received from peripheral
centres, and provide a consolidated
statement to the NPRC centre
17. Carryout audits to ensure compliance Quarterly
with the program, enlist non-compliance,
establish corrective measures and
implement them at regional centres and
oversee their implications at peripheral
centres
e Data Services and Facilities to be provided by
NPRC
NPRC shall coordinate the programme and arrange
for training for those professionals who are participating in
the programme.
f Final Output that will be required
i) Structured pharmacovigilance data based
on the ADR forms collected under the
program participants.
ii) A structured annual report describing
smooth and efficient operation of the
program, in accordance with the Protocol.
g Financial support under the Project
The following financial support shall be provided by
NPRC:
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1. One post of Co-ordinator: MD (Ayu) in
Dravyaguna / Rasa Shastra, Bhaishajya
Kalpana, MD (Unani) in Ilmul Advia / Ilmul
saidla, MD (Siddha) in Gunapadam or in any
clinical subjects of ASU
The remuneration for the above post will be
as decided by the National
Pharmacovigilance Consultative Committee.
2. Expenditure on office operation for
peripheral centre: Rs. 25,000.00 (Rs. Twenty
Five Thousands Only) is proposed.
3. ADR Reporting forms, various books and
periodicals, MIS reporting forms shall be
provided by the NPRC
h MIS Formats for Reporting by Regional Centre to
National Resource Centre
1. Period of Report
2. Number of notifications received in the
preceding period
3. Number of Reports ADR and number of
serious or suspected serious ADR reports, if
any
4. Number of serious or suspected serious ADR
reports forwarded with in the specified time
5. Number of serious or suspected serious ADR
reports not forwarded with in the specified
time along with the reasons for delay
6. Important happenings or development
7. Total number of ADR forms received
8. Number of recommendations from
Peripheral Pharmacovigilance centres for
new peripheral pharmacovigilance centre
9. Total no. of ADR forms received from
Peripheral Centre in which causality
assessments has been ADR
10. Number of ADR forms received from
Peripheral Centre in which causality
assessment has been verified / reassessed
11. Number of forms archived
12. Monitoring activities done
13. No. of notifications / reports received from
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each centre
14. No. of reports filled in inappropriately by
respective Peripheral Centres
15. Actions taken / recommended
16. Acknowledgements sent in time
17. CME awareness activities if any
18. Any other observations
22. Terms of Reference for functioning as National
Pharmacovigilance Resource Centre under the
National Pharmacovigilance Programme for
ASU Drugs
a Background
Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi has
initiated the National Pharmacovigilance Programme For
ASU drugs. NPRC-ASU is coordinating the country-wide
Pharmacovigilance programme for ASU drugs.
Worldwide movement for the improvement of
patient safety gains momentum, the subject of drug safety
becomes even more prominent. Pharmacovigilance is the
science dedicated to reduce the risk of drug-related harms
to the consumers. Looking in to the conditions prevailing in
the present scenario, it is high time to deliberate regarding
the burning issues over traditional and classical Ayurvedic,
Siddha and Unani products and practices; it is felt to
constitute a National Pharmacovigilance Centre for ASU
Drugs in India.
The programme shall be coordinated by NPRC,
IPGT&RA, GAU, Jamnagar under the supervision of a
National Pharmacovigilance Consultative Committee for
ASU which would monitor the programme and also
recommend regulatory interventions based on the
generated Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) data.
b Objective of the Assignment
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Assignment:
To manage the National Pharmacovigilance centre
For ASU
The overall objective as per the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU will be:
a. To monitor safety of the drugs and provide
structured inputs for appropriate regulatory
interventions
b. To create awareness about ADR monitoring
in India
NPRC will be the tertiary pharmacovigilance centre
under the National Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU.
To carry out the functions as envisaged in the
“Protocol for the National Pharmacovigilance Programme
for ASU” a Coordinator will have to be designated who will be
in-charge of the pharmacovigilance activities at the
designated National centre.
By accepting to participate in the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU the centre explicitly
agree that all pharmacovigilance activities at their institution
shall be performed in strict consonance with the National
Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU appended here
(Coordinators of the centre and head of the institutions are
advised to carefully go through the Protocol prior to joining
the programme).
c Outline of tasks to be carried out
The National Pharmacovigilance Programme for
ASU, encourages the reporting of all suspected adverse
reaction to ASU drugs. The reporting of seemingly
insignificant or common adverse reactions would be
important since it may highlight a wide spread prescribing
problem:
National Centre is expected to carry out the following
tasks:
1. To maintain a log of all ADR notification forms
received and forwarded
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45
2. To receive blank ADR forms and acknowledge receipt
3. To fill or get filled the ADR forms
4. Collect Adverse Drug notifications from Regional as
well as own centres
5. Receive Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) forms and
maintain log of all ADR forms received and
forwarded.
6. Correspond with Regional and Peripheral Centres,
provide them with general technical support,
coordinate and monitor their functioning.
7. Identify and delegate a Ayurvedic pharmacologist for
management of pharmacovigilance tasks.
8. Identify and delegate a data manager for the data
management under National Pharmacovigilance
Programme
9. Carry out (and/or review) data causality analysis of
all ADRs
10. To forward all duly-filled ADR forms [those generated
at the same centre and those received from
immediate lower-level centre] as per pre-determined
time line
11. Forward periodic reports to the higher authority as
per Sl. No. 9
12. Liaise with health care professionals in order to
inculcate / foster the culture of ADR reporting /
notification by acknowledging the cooperation by the
notifier and share with the notifier relevant feedback
from higher centre.
13. Organize and attend training programmes /
interactive meetings for all regional and peripheral
centres falling under the NPRC
14. To provide updates, reports and such other
information as may be required by the National
Pharmacovigilance Technical Advisory Committee
and to attend their meetings
15. To conduct special pharmacovigilance projects on
various drugs which may be of special concern or
interest to NPRC / Dept. of AYUSH, Government of
India
16. To maintain account of the funds provided under this
program as per the institution's systems; To review
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the account statement received from regional
centres, and prepare a consolidated statement and
provide the same to Dept. of AYUSH, Ministry of
H&FW, Govt. of India.
17. Carryout audits to ensure compliance with the
program, enlist non-compliance, establish corrective
measures and implement them at National centre
and oversee their implications at regional centres.
In line with the size & patient intake of the institutions
where it is based, the National centre shall ensure a
minimum of 50 adverse event reporting every month and this
number must be increased periodically. This number will be
in addition to the number of reports generated by the
regional and peripheral centres.
d Schedule of Performance of Tasks
The duration of the assignment is 3 years (with a
review at the end of every year). The time schedule for
performance of various tasks is detailed below:
S. No Task Time Schedule
1. To maintain a log of all ADR notification
forms received and forwarded
2. To receive blank ADR forms and
acknowledge receipt
3. To fill or get filled the ADR forms
4. Collect Adverse Drug notifications from Monthly
Regional as well as own centres
5. Receive Adverse Drug Events (ADR) forms Monthly
and maintain log of all ADR forms received
and forwarded.
6. Correspond with Regional Centres, provide
hem with general technical support,
coordinate and monitor their functioning.
7. Identify and delegate a pharmacologist for
management of pharmacovigilance tasks.
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8. Identify and delegate a data manager for
the data management under National
Pharmacovigilance Programme
9. Carry out (and/or review) data causality Monthly
analysis of all ADRs
10. To forward all duly-filled ADR forms Monthly
[those generated at the same centre and
those received from immediate lower-level
centre] as per pre-determined time line
11. Forward periodic reports to the higher Monthly
authority
12. Liaise with health care professionals in
order to inculcate / foster the culture of
ADR reporting / notification by
acknowledging the cooperation by the
notifier and share with the notifier relevant
feedback from higher centre.
13. Organize and attend training 6 months in
programmes / interactive meetings addition to
for all regional and peripheral centres induction of
training
14. To provide updates, reports and such other
information as may be required by the
National Pharmacovigilance Technical
Advisory Committee and to attend their
meetings
15. To conduct special pharmacovigilance
projects on various drugs which may be of
special concern or interest to NPRC / Dept
of AYUSH, Government of India
16. To maintain account of the funds provided
under this program as per the institution's
systems; To review the account statement
received from regional centres, and provide
a consolidated statement to the national centre.
17. Carryout audits to ensure compliance with
the program, enlist non-compliance,
establish corrective measures and
implement them at National centre and
oversee their implications at regional centres
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e Data Services and Facilities to be provided by
NPRC
NPRC shall coordinate the programme and
arrange for training for those professionals who are
participating in the programme.
f Final Output that will be required
i) Structured pharmacovigilance data based
on the ADR forms collected under the
program participants.
ii) A structured annual report describing
smooth and efficient operation of the
program, in accordance with the Protocol
.
g Financial support under the Project
The following financial support shall be provided by
NPRC:
1. One post of Ayurvedic Pharmacologist:
Minimum qual i f i cat ion: MD AYU
(Dravyaguna, Rasashastra, Bhaishajya
Kalpana) M. Pharm (Ayurveda), B. Phar. (Ayu)
Maximum remuneration of Rs. 15,000.00
PM (fixed-proposed)
Computer Operator / Data Managing
Assistant: With suitable qualification and/or
experience. Maximum remuneration of Rs.
8,000.00 (fixed-proposed) PM
All staff members shall be identified and
retained by the national centre on contract
on year to year basis
2. Expenditure on office operation for National
centre: Rs. 40,000.00 (Rs. Forty
Thousands Only) p.a. is proposed.
3. ADR Reporting forms, various books and
periodicals, MIS reporting forms shall be
provided by the NPRC
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h MIS Formats for Reporting by Regional Centres
to NPRC
1. Period of Report
2. Number of notifications received in the
preceding period
3. Number of Reports ADR and number of
serious or suspected serious ADR reports,
if any
4. Number of serious or suspected serious
ADR reports forwarded with in the specified
time
5. Number of serious or suspected serious
ADR reports not forwarded with in the
specified time along with the reasons for
delay
6. Important happenings or development
7. Total number of ADR forms received
8. Number of recommendations from
Regional Pharmacovigilance centres for
new peripheral pharmacovigilance centre
9. Total no. of ADR forms received from
Regional Centre in which causality
assessments has been ADR
10. Number of ADR forms received from
Regional Centre in which causality
assessment has been verified / reassessed
11. Number of forms archived
12. Monitoring activities done
13. No. of notifications / reports received from
each centre
14. No. of reports filled in inappropriately by
respective Regional Centres
15. Actions taken / recommended
16. Acknowledgements sent in time
17. CME awareness activities if any
18. Any other observations
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Annexures
Annexure 1
Eligibility criteria for identifying a PPC
i. Ideally ASU medical colleges with
interested and initiated teaching staff.
ii. Can provide a small area (approx. 100 sq. feet)
iii. Can deploy a interested clinical /
Dravyaguna / Rasa shastra teaching staff
for the Programme
iv. Ideally, centres that have internet facility
v. Manned by doctors / pharmacists who are
enthusiastic about carrying out research
activities e.g. monitoring ADRs
vi. Visited by preferably not less than a total of
50 patients daily in the clinical departments
such as Kayachikitsa, Stree Roga & Prasuti
tantra, Kaumarabhritya, Shalya, Shalakya,
Panchakarma, Manasa Roga and Other
specialised OPD if any.
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Annexure 2
Duties of Coordinators:
* Supervising / monitoring Pharmacovigilance Centre
* Coordinators should typically look for the following
performance parameters:
a. No. of reports per month
b. Non compliance with protocol
c. Violation of protocol
d. Submission of fraudulent data and or other
information
e. Publication of data with mention of NPP, without
appropriate authorisation from NPAC
f. Any other professional/administrative misconduct
concerning the NPP - ASU
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Annexure 3
National Pharmacovigilance Programme for ASU
Drugs
National Pharmacovigilance Resource Centre
for ASU (NTRC - ASU): IPGT&RA, Jamnagar
Sl. No Region / Centre Name of the state
1 North Region Delhi
Punjab
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Haryana
2 South Region Kerala
Karnataka
Tamilnadu
Andhra Pradesh
3 East Region Assam
West Bengal
Orissa
All north east sates
4 West Region Maharastra
Gujarat
Goa
Rajasthan
5 Central Region Madhya Pradesh
Chattishgarh
Bihar
Jharkhand
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Regional Pharmacovigilance Centres for ASU Drugs
Sr. Region/
No organization Institution
1 North Faculty of Ayurveda
Institute of Medical Sciences, Reader, Dept.
Banaras Hindu University, of RS&BK,
Varanasi, UP
2 South Govt. Ayurved College, Dr Gopa Kumar,
MG Road, Lecturer, Roganidana
Thiruvanathapuram, Karala
3 East Government Ayurved College Dr Anup Vaishya
Jalukbari, Guwahati, Asst. Prof.
Assam
4 West National Institute of Ayurveda, Prof Ajay Kr. Sharma
Madhav Vilas Palace, Kaya Chikitsa
Amer Road, Jaipur,
Rajasthan
5 Central Pt. Khushilal Sharma Govt. Dr Rajakishore Pati
Ayurved Maha Sansthan, Sr Lecturer, RS&BK
Bharat Scouts & Guide
Bhawan, Shyamala Hills Road
Bhopal, MP
6 CCRAS Head Quarters, CCRAS Dr N Srikanth,
No.61-65, Institutional Area, Asst. Director (Ayu)
Opp. 'D' Block, Janakpuri,
New Delhi
7 Unani National Institute of Unani Dr Tanzeel Ahmed
Medicine, Lecturer
Kottige Palya, Magadi Dept. of Moalejat
Main Road,
Bangalore - Karnataka
8 Siddha National institute of Dr P. Selva
Siddha, Tambaram Shanmugum
Sanatorium,
Chennai - Tamilnadu
Name & address of the Coordinator's name
Dr Anand Choudhury
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Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centres for ASU Drugs
PPC-ASU Name & Address Coordinator's name
of the College
North Region:
1. Delhi Ayurved & Unani Tibbia, Dr Mohammad Idris,
College, Ajmal Khan Road,Reader,
Karol Bagh
New Delhi
2. Punjab Dayanand Ayurved College
Mahatma Hans Raj Marg
Jalandhar City
Punjab
3.Himachal Rajiv Gandhi Rajkiya Dr Navneet Sharma
Pradesh Government Ayurvedic Post-
Graduate College, Paprola
Distt. Kangra , HP
4. Jammu Jammu Institute of Ayurved & Dr Debasis Panda
& Research Muthi, Nardhani Lecturer, Dravyaguna
Kashmir Raipur Ban Talab Road
Jammu Tawi , J &K
5. Uttar Faculty of Ayurveda, Dr A K Tripathy
Pradesh Institute of Medical Sciences, Reader, Kayachikitsa
Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, UP
State Ayurveda College Dr P K Mishra,
Lucknow, UP Lecturer,
Dravyaguna
6. Uttarakhand
Govt. Gurukul Ayurved
College, Gurukul Kangari
Haridwar
7. Haryana Gaur Brahmin Ayurved Dr Sumer Singh
College & Hospital,
Village Branmanawas
Distt. Rohtak
Haryana
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South Region
1. Kerala Govt. Ayurved College , Dr Gopa Kumar
MG Road Lecturer
Thiruvanathapuram Roga nidana
2. Karnataka Karnataka Liberal Education Dr. Mahesh C.
Society Shri Karnataka B.M. Kundagol
Kankanwadi Ayurved
Mahavidyalaya, Shahapur
Belgaum,
Karnataka
SDM College of Ayurveda Dr Girish
Hassan, Karnataka
3. Tamilnadu Jayendra Saraswati Ayurveda
College, Chennai
4. Andhra Dr. NR Sastry Govt. Ayurved Dr P.H.C. Murthy
Pradesh College, Besides VK Super Lecturer, RS&BK
Bazar, Bandar Road,
Vijayawada, AP
East Region
1. ASSAM Government Ayurved Dr Anup Vaishya
College, Jalukbari, Asst Prof.
Guwahati,
Assam
2. West JB Roy State Ayurved Dr Prasanta Sarkar,
Bengal College, 170/72 Raja Lecturer,
Dinendra Street
Calcutta, WB
3. Orissa Gopabandhu Ayurveda, Dr Arun Kumar Das
Mahavidyalaya, Reader, RS&BK
Puri, Orissa
All 7 North East States
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West Region
1.Maharastra Prof. Tanuja Nesri
Tilak Ayurved
Mahavidyalaya
583/2, Rasta Peth,
Pune
2. Gujarat Govt. Akhandanand Prof Haridra Dave
Ayurved Mahavidyalaya Shalya
Opp. Victoria Garden Bhadra
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
3. Goa Bharteeya Sanskrit Dr. Sangram K. Das,
Prabodhini Gomantak Sr Lecturer
Ayurved Mahavidyalaya & Dravyaguna
Research Centre, Vajem,
Shiroda
Distt. South Goa,
Goa
4. Rajasthan Dr P Suresh
National Institute of Asso. Prof.
Ayurveda, RS&BK
Madhav Vilas Palace,
Amer Road
Jaipur,
Rajasthan
Central Region
1. Madhya Pt. Khushilal Sharma Dr R K Pati
Pradesh Govt. Ayurved Sr Lect. RS&BK
Maha Sansthan,
Bharat scouts & Guide Bhawan
Shyamala Hills Road
Bhopal, MP
2. Chattishgarh Dr R P Gupta
Govt. Ayurved College Reader D.G.
Raipur
3. Bihar Government Ayurved DR R. A. Singh
College Post-Graduate Dravyguna
Training & Research
Institute, Kadam Kuan
Patna ,
Bihar
Dravyaguna
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Surya Mukhi Dinesh
Ayurved Medical College &
Hospital, Dinesh Nagram
Booty, Ranchi
Jharkhand
CCRAS Head Quarters, CCRAS
No.61-65, Institutional Area,
Opp. 'D' Block, Janakpuri,
New Delhi
Unani 1. National Institute of Unani Dr. Tanzeel Ahmed
Medicine,
Kottige Palya, Magadi
Main Road,
Bangalore, Karnataka
2. Faculty of Medicine Dr. Akhtar Siddiqui
(Unani) Jamia Hamdard,
Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi 62
3. Govt. Nizamia Tibiya College Dr. Mir Yousuf Ali
Charminar, Haidrabad
Siddha National institute of Siddha, Dr. Selva Shanmugum
Tambaram Sanatorium,
Chennai
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List of experts participated in the
First National Consultative Meet,
National Pharmacovigilance Programme
for ASU Drugs,
29th & 30th August 2008,
At Dept. of AYUSH,
Ministry of Health & FW, New Delhi
1 Dr. S. K. Sharma
Advisor - Ayurveda, Department of
Ministry of H. & F.W., Govt. of India, New Delhi
2 Dr. Manoj Nesri,
Deputy Advisor (Ayu) Department of AYUSH,
Ministry of H. & F.W., Govt of India, New Delhi
3 Prof. K. C. Singhal,
Vice Chancellor, NIMS University, NIMS City
Centre, 4, Govind Marg, Jaipur - 302 004
4 Prof. G. P. Mohanta,
WHO Country Office for India, 3rd Floor,
Sri Ram Bharatiya Kala Kendra
1, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi
5 Dr. D. C. Katoch,
National Consultant
(Traditional Medicines & Homoeopathy)
WHO Country Office for India
3rd Floor, Sri Ram Bharatiya Kala Kendra
1, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi
6 Dr. A. Pasha,
Deputy Advisor (Unani),
Department of AYUSH,
Ministry of H. & F.W., Govt. of India, New Delhi
7 Prof. M. C. Sharma,
Director
National Institute of Ayurveda
Madhav Vilas Palace, Amer Road, Jaipur,
Rajasthan- 302 002
AYUSH
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8 Prof M. S. Baghel,
Director
IPGT&RA, Jamnagar, Gujarat
9 Dr. G. S. Lavekar,
Director, CCRAS,
No.61-65, Institutional Area,
Opp. 'D' Block, Janakpuri, New Delhi
10 Prof. M. A. Jafri,
Director,
National Institute of Unani Medicine,
Kottige Palya, Magadi Main Road,
Bangalore - 560 091
11 Prof. V. K. Joshi,
Dean, Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS,
BHU, Varanasi, UP, 221 005
12 Dr. Renuka Munshi
Dept. Of Clinical Pharmacology,
TNC & BYL, Nair Ch. Hospital
Mumbai, 400 008
13 Prof. H. M. Chandola,
Dept. Of Kayachikitsa &
Chairman, Pharmacovigilance Cell
IPGT&RA, GAU, Jamnagar, 361 008
14 Dr. Vasudevan Nampoothri
Principal, Govt. Ayurveda College
Trivendrum
15 Dr. A. K. Choudhury,
Reader, Dept. of RS & BK,
Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS, BHU,
Varanasi, UP, 221 005
16 Dr. G.C. Gaur,
Technical Officer (Ay.),
Drug Control Cell, Department of AYUSH,
New Delhi
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17 Dr. Ravishankar,
Head, Pharmacology Cell,
IPGT&RA, GAU, Jamnagar, 361 008
18 Dr. R. N. Acharya,
Member Secretary,
Pharmacovigilance Cell,
IPGT&RA, GAU Jamnagar-361 008
19 Dr. Galib,
Lecturer, Dept. Of RS & BK, GAU, IPGT&RA,
Jamnagar-361 008
20 Dr. Anupam Shrivastav
Research Officer, (Ayu)
Office of the Drug Controller of India,
New Delhi
21 Dr B. S. Behera,
Scientific Officer
Commission for Scientific &
Technical Terminology, (CSTT)
Ministry of HRD, New Delhi
22 Dr N Shrikanth,
Asst. Director (Ayu),
CCRAS, New Delhi
23 Prof. Abhimanyu Kumar
Dept. of Kaumarabhrtya
National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur
24 Ms. Nupur Bahl,
WHO India Office, New Delhi
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NATIONAL
PHARMACOVIGILANCE
PROGRAMME FOR AYURVEDA,
SIDDHA & UNANI (ASU) DRUGS.
Reporting Form for Suspected
Adverse Reactions to ASU Drugs
Please note: i. All consumers / patients and reporters
information will remain confidential.
ii. It is requested to report all suspected
reactions to the concerned, even if it
does not have complete data, as soon as
possible.
1. Patient / consumer identification (please complete
or tick boxes below as appropriate)
Name
Ethnicity IPD / OPD
Address
Village / Town
Post / Via
District / State
2. Description of the suspected Adverse Reactions
(please complete boxes below)
Date and time of initial
observation
Description of reaction
3. List of all ASU drugs including drugs of other
systems used by the patient during the reporting
period:
Medicine Date
Name
Manufacturer
Batch no.
Daily
dose
Form Route of
administration Starting Stopped
Reason for use
Patient Record
Number (PRN)
Age:
Sex:
Male / Female
Prakriti / Mizaj:
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4. Brief details of the suspected ASU Medicine:
a. Composition of the formulation / Part and form of
the raw material used
b. Expiry date if any:
c. Remaining part of drug / Product label
d. Please tick (any one)
Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, any other
e. Adjuvant
f. Dietary Restrictions if any
g. Whether the drug is consumed under medical
supervision or used as self medication.
h. Any other relevant information.
5. Treatment provided for suspected adverse
reaction
6. Out come of the suspected adverse reaction
(please complete the boxes below)
Recovered: Unknown: Fatal: If Fatal
Date of death:
Not
recovered:
Severe: Yes/ No. Reaction abated after drug stopped or
dose reduced:
Reaction reappeared after re introduction
Was the patient admitted to
hospital? If yes, give name
and address of hospital
7. Any laboratory investigations done which
provides suspicion of drug involvement:
8. Whether the patient is suffering with any chronic
disorders?
Hepatic Renal Cardiac
Diabetes Malnutrition Any Others
9. H/O previous allergies / Drug reactions:
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Type (please tick): Nurse / Doctor / Pharmacist / Health
worker / Patient / Attendant / Manufacturer / Distributor
/ Supplier / Any others (please specify)
Name:
Address:
Telephone / E mail if any:
Signature of the reporter: Date:
Please send the completed form to: The centre from
where the form is received or
To
The Coordinator, National Pharmacovig ilance
Resource Centre For ASU Drugs
I.P.G.T. & R.A., G.A.U., Jamnagar,
Gujarat - 361 008
(O) 0288 2552699 Fax : 0288 2676856
Website : www.ayurveduniversity.com,
Email: nprcasu@gmail.com
Name & address
of the RRC-ASU /
PPC-ASU
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Who Can Report?
ÞAny Health care professionals like
ASU Doctors / Dentists / Nurse /
Pharmacists etc.
What to Report?
ÞAll suspected adverse reactions,
Lack of effects, Resistance, Drug
interactions, Dependence and
Abuse
Confidentiality
ÞThe patient's identity will be held in
strict confidence and protected to
the fullest extent. Programme staff
will not disclose the reporter's
identity in response to a request
from the public.
ÞSubmission of report doesn't
constitute an admission that,
medical personnel or manufacturers
or the product caused or contributed
to the reaction.
10. Identification of the reporter:
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Ph/Fax : 0288-2553936
