South Asian Chapter of American College of Clinical Pharmacology (SACACCP) was established in 2006. It all started with the ACCP board of regents under the leadership of Dr. Lawrence Lesko (ex president of ACCP), proposing at the meeting in March 2005, to explore setting up international chapters. Dr. Chandrahas Sahajwalla, then chair of the Membership committee for ACCP took the lead in identifying qualified scientists in India with passion and drive to promote Clinical Pharmacology and the principles and values of ACCP. On March 14, 2005 Dr. Sahajwalla invited Dr. Nilima Kshirsagar to take the initiative and start the process of starting an ACCP chapter in India. Under her leadership after enlisting the support and help of core funding members in India and several teleconference between the American and Indian counterparts…
DR. NILIMA KSHIRSAGAR
PRESIDENT
Clinical Pharmacology has evolved from a discipline dealing with scientific study of medicines in man to medicines for public health. Some of the activities of the discipline outlined by experts include – dealing with biomarkers, pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, genetics, design and evaluation of clinical trials, drug utilization, clinical guidelines for medicine use, Pharmacovigilance…
