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February 18, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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List of essential drugs mandatory: expert Chandigarh, February 17 Addressing delegates at the XII National Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology inaugurated at the PGI today, Professor Tripathi said the list would enable the people to “have drugs at cheaper prices”. Delivering a lecture on the process of drug development, former Head of PGI’s Department of Pharmacology, Professor P.L. Sharma asserted that drug development was a tedious, expensive, time-consuming and skill-intensive process. It was currently being done by pharmaceutical companies. On the importance of adhering to specific guidelines while conducting clinical research and carrying out laboratory work, Dr Debashish Hota, from the Department of Pharmacology, said the guidelines were known as “Good Clinical Practice” and “Good Laboratory Practice”. In her address to welcome the participants from all over the country, the Head of the PGI’s Pharmacology Department, Professor P. Pandhi, revealed that the workshop was initially started in 1982. Since then, every year delegates from academic institutions as well as drug companies participated in the workshop. |
Dhudike bags PU kabaddi title Chandigarh, February 17 Meanwhile, in the Panjab University Inter-college Inter-zonal Football (men’s) Tournament being played here. The DAV College of Hoshiarpur beat the GHG Khalsa College of Gurusar
Sadhar, 4-1, with the half-time score reading 3-0. In another tie, the SGGS Khalsa College of Mahilpur defeated Government College of Sector 11 in Chandigarh, 7-0, with the halftime score being 3-0. Tomorrow, DAV Hoshiarpur will face GCG-11, while the SGGS Khalsa College of Mahilpur will clash with the GHG Khalsa College of Gurusar
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Alkesh, Shikha record wins Chandigarh, February 17 Men (II round) — Nelson Roy b T. Sarkar; Alkesh Saini b Sanjeev Kumar; Debanath b Ajay Trivedi; Dalip Kumar b R. Anandraman; N. Balachandran b D. Oday Kumar; T. Sherang Tope lost to Rahul Das. Women — Indu M.S. b Chitra Gupta; Shantha lost to Poonam; Latika b P.V. Pithva; Shailja Gautam b Madanita; Kedan Bhuttia b Sujatha; M.L. Devika b Susmita Misra; Shashi Kala b Neel Kamal; P. Yalimo lost to Smithi Chowdhry; Shikha Sharma b Mamtha; Mantv Mumu b Shanti.
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