The 45th Anniversary of Institute for State Control of Drugs and ...

Acta - Congressus Historiae Pharmaciae 2001
• ICMCF (Institute for Medicine Control and Pharmaceutical Researches),
within the Health Ministry, with duties of research in
the domain of methodology control and of checking the medicines
used in therapies, and also of supporting the pharmaceutical
network..
By the Order of Health Ministry no. 390 from April 1956, the Institute
of Medicine Control and Pharmaceutical Researches, the
Chemiotherapy Section Of Dr. Cantacuzino Institute, The Center of
Medicinal Herbs and the Laboratory of Medicine Control are unified,
thus resulting a single unit named “ Institute of Pharmaceutical Researches
and Medicine Control”.
By the order the order of Health Ministry from September 30 th ,
1960, its name is changed into the institute for State Control of
Medicine and Pharmaceutical Researches (ICSMCF).
Based upon this order, the Institute was given the duties of the
Pharmacopoeia Committee, Medicine Committee and the Scientific
Council ruled by the director of ICSMCF was founded.
In 1961, the leadership of Health and Social Regulations Ministry
has decided that the editing of the 8 th release of the Romanian Pharmacopoeia
and of its Supplements is the duty of the Institute. Text
gathering and final editing of monographies were done by a commission
of specialists lead by prof. Dr. Petre Ionescu-Stoian.
The Romanian Pharmacopoeia (8 th release) was born in 1965 and
it was followed by three supplements.
The rapid progress of the pharmaceutical sciences imposed the release
of the 9 th edition of the Romanian Pharmacopoeia, that was
born on the 1 st of January 1977, with two supplements in 1981 and
1984.
The need of a new edition of the Pharmacopoeia was imposed by
the global and national progress in the field of medicines, some
modifications to the existent monographies and creation of some
others for the new products being necessary.
The release in 1993 of the 10 th edition of the Romanian Pharmacopea
meant an increase in exigency regarding Romanian medicine
quality control and the conformity with the last editions of the international
Pharmacopoeia.
Since January, the 13 th 1996, Romania represented by ICSMCF
has an observer statue for the European Pharmacopoeia.