Sowa-Rigpa Working Group Holds First Meeting Under PCIM&H

The first meeting of the Sowa-Rigpa Working Group was held under the Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Chaired by Dr. Kousthubha Upadhyaya and attended by Sowa-Rigpa experts including Dr. Padma Gurmet, the meeting marked the formal initiation of work on developing Sowa-Rigpa Pharmacopoeias and Formularies. The Working Group will follow a step-wise action plan to create statutory and non-statutory documents for drug quality assurance and regulatory implementation under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. This initiative aims to standardise and integrate traditional medicines within the government's regulatory framework.