Pharmacy Law & Ethics Series By RNPD (AS PER PCI ER-2020)

Now the term forensic pharmacy is often replaced by more appealing term –pharmaceutical jurisprudence. In ancient days, medicines in India were made from natural resources, mainly from vegetables and plants and their products. Animal and mineral items were also used in certain conditions. Ayurveda was the Indian system of practice of medicine. Drugs were not at all potent in those days compared to our modern medicines. Their manufacture, storage and use were not in an organised and scientific manner and very little specialised techniques were used in those aspects. Medicines were prepared in those day based on empirical concepts. For all these reasons there was no legislative control on medicines and their manufacture and sales. In fact there was not much need for such controls.