NATIONAL FORMULARY OF INDIA (NFI)

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Context

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched the Sixth Edition of National Formulary of India (NFI).

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The salient feature of this edition includes:

NFI has been published by Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) to promote rational use of medicines in the country.
The 6^th Edition of NFI 2021 has been drafted by adopting the principle ‘do not miss critical and do not overload’ the information by revising the appendices, chapters and drug monographs.
34 therapeutic categories chapters including 591 drug monographs and 23 appendices are included in this edition.
The NFI is aligned with National Health Programmes and National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM).