In a significant development, Jagannath Shinde, President of The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), has emphatically declared the organization’s staunch resistance against the establishment of the proposed National Pharmacy Commission. The move comes in the wake of plans to repeal the Pharmacy Act and replace the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI). Shinde, a seasoned pharmacy professional, asserts that AIOCD is prepared to fiercely combat any attempt to transfer control of the pharmacy profession from pharmacists to bureaucrats.
