Warangal: The district, known for quality pharma education, is all set to achieve another milestone in the field. Steps are on for publishing Faa International Pharmacy Journal from the district.
This is the first time that an international pharmacy journal is being published in the country.
The experts in the field are making efforts to release the journal in a month or two. Researchers in the field had been depending on journals from other countries for learning about the developments in pharmacy, so far.
An office has been set up for the journal in Vagdevi Pharmacy College, Hanamkonda. Speaking to this paper, chief editor of International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Nano Technology Prof V Malla Reddy said the journal would aid discovery of new medicines with the help of nano-technology.
Akunuru Jitan, a young scientist who had returned to India after a long stint of research in pharmacy in America, will be the executive editor. Chandupatla Devender Reddy, Chairman of Viswambhara Educational Society which runs pharmacy and engineering colleges, will be the administrative supporter of the journal.
Executive editor Jitan said they would publish four issues annually. He claimed to have secured the support of several experts in the field, from within the country and abroad, for publishing the journal.
The assistant editorial team included Prof. Uzi Meriwaki (Japan), Prof. Jasti Bhaskar, Prof Kompelli and Prof Samba Reddy (all three from America), Prof Benia and Prof Hoffman (both from Israel), Prof Chandrakanth Kokate, Prof Madhusudhan and Prof D R Krishna (all from India).
They would examine the research articles, edit them on Internet and select them. The editorial board members will take up the responsibility of publishing the selected essays in the journal, he added.
He said publication of the journal from the district was a good omen for the development of pharmacy. He said they would soon announce the date of release of the first issue.
