The National Department of Regulation of Medicines and Health Products of the Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has formally recognized Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP).
IP is an official book of standards for drugs manufactured & marketed in India in terms of their identity, purity, and strength.
With this, Afghanistan has become the 1st nation to recognize IP.
It is published by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) on behalf of the Department of Commerce, and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
The standards of the book have been made under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules 1945.