National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research

There are research institutions which have the primary mandates to undertake research and development of traditional medicines. Examples of such institutions include the Institute of Traditional Medicine (Mali), Centre for Medicinal Plant Research (Ghana), National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD, Nigeria), Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kenya), and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa). 

Chander Mohan was born in 1975 at Dhariwal, Punjab, India. He received his B.Pharm. and M.Tech.(Pharm.) in bulk drugs from Guru Nanak Dev University and the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali. After that he worked as senior chemist at Dr. Reddy s Research Foundation, Hyderabad. He then joined Professor M. P. Mahajan s research group in 2002 for his doctoral studies. His research is focused on the synthesis and chemical transformation of C-5/C-6-substituted pyrimidinones. His research interests include synthesis of medicinally important molecules, transition metal-induced transformations in organic synthesis, reaction mechanism and total synthesis of natural products. 

Criticism of the proposed institute also came from another quarter, namely from the ranks of organized pharmacy. Already in December of 1918, Edward Kremers of the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, one of the nation s leading pharmaceutical educators and a researcher in plant chemistry, wrote to Frank Eldred of Eli Lilly and Company about the institute for drug research. Kremers complained "But why should American pharmaceutical manufacturers support an institution fostered by the American Chemical Society when pharmaceutical institutions are in the greatest need of all the financial support in sight. I trust that our pharmaceutical manufacturers will prove true to their own calling first" (44). 

National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM), Research and Education Foundation. 2002. Changing Patterns of Pharmaceutical Innovation. Washington, DC National Institute for Health Care Management, Research and Education. 

I am thankful to Dr A.S.Sandhu, Scientist, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, (NIPER) Mohali, India, Dr. Samir Malhotra, Assistant Professor Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India and Dr. Satish Narula, Professor, Horticulture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India for their valuable suggestions. I am also thankful to Mr.Amit Chopra and Mr.Ajay Tuli for assistance in drawing pictures. 

Marine Institute, for his research in the area of Cnidaria intoxications). He gives frequent national and international lectures, is a memher of diverse scientific societies and editorial boards, and is a consultant for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. He is also heading a forensic toxicology laboratory in Belgium at the request of the Ministry of Justice. Dr. Tytgat has been elected as President of the European Section of the International Society on Toxinology (1ST). 

Chebolu, R (2012) Ph. D. Thesis, Oiganocatalytic procedure for the direct reductive amina-tion of aromatic aldehydes. Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, S. A. S. Nagar, Punjab, India, pp. 90 128. 

John K. Buolamwini National Center for the Development of Natural Products, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi... 

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