Scientific Conclave on Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) 2026 held at CSIR-IIIM, Jammu

• Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) is the official book of drug standards published by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, fulfilling requirements of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
• The IP 2026 Conclave at CSIR-IIIM, Jammu (17 April 2026) marked a regulator-industry-academia dialogue on rolling out IP 2026 (the 10th edition).
• Significance for UPSC: intersects GS-II (health governance, statutory bodies) and GS-III (S&T, pharma sector, drug regulation, "Pharmacy of the World" narrative).