We are celebrating the 20th year of the functioning of IAP Drug Formulary this year

Celebrations call for increasing outreach programs to increase visibility of all products of IAP Drug Formulary throughout India and abroad as it the only formulary in the world (adult or pediatric) and definitely the only exclusively pediatric formulary to provide regular quarterly web updates over the last 20 years.

This IAP DF Web Update 2025 (1), which is ready for download, is the 75th Web Edition and the 73nd Web Update of the IAP Drug Formulary. This edition contains addition to 1 new drug monographs and changes in 7 drug monographs. 

IAP DF proudly presents the addition of in Institutional Login at an inaugural offer, for the 1st 2 years, of Rs 3000/- for 10 yrs. We realised that in many hospitals, RMOs, duty doctors, nursing staff, non pediatric specialists, junior pediatricians and pediatricians need to have a ready reckoner for checking pediatric doses and the institutionallogin to the IAP DF could solve this issue. Kindly make use of this facility and make it known to all staff in the hospital to ensure evidence based pediatric therapeutics, 

The contributor’s list, the 2025 IAP President and HSG and IAP CMIC Chairperson and Secretary’s messages have been updated. The Android app has been further optimised and a new update is available on the Play store. The App is also available on the iOS App store.

We also have a brand-new website as part of the IAPDF 2.0 launch. Please read the release notes for more information.

On the mobile apps, IAP Essential Medicines List and General Prescribing Information links have been added. The user interface of the mobile apps has been improved to make it more user friendly. It is available for iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android.platforms. This facility along with the IAP Drug Formulary 2024 - 6th hard copy edition released at PEDICON 2024 in Kochi, the Online Desktop and PDA version and the Pocket Dose Book of Medicines in Children and Adolescents (7th edition) have made this formulary a wholesome product. The mobile app and the Online Desktop and PDA version, empowers the user to browse all the data from ones Desktop or any model of mobile phones/PDAs with internet connection from anywhere in the world. This quarterly web publication of the IAP continues to be the first drug formulary in the world that provides such a facility.

The new IAP Drug Formulary Institutional login, the latest IAP Drug Formulary 2024 textbook (6th hard copy edition of the formulary), the mobile apps, other publications of IAP DF and the Online Desktop and PDA/mobile phone version may be bought either by paying online at our website www.iapdrugformulary.com or by sending a DD in favour of IAP Drug Formulary payable at Kochi (for Indian buyers only) to our IAP Drug Formulary office at Cochin (address given on purchase or contact us page on the website) - online purchase is preferred. We have a new online payment gateway – airpay.

All users are requested to register at the site - www.iapdrugformulary.com - as soon as they buy the software so that their data and mobile app Key would be available in our archives for recall in case the user loses the same. We would also be able to send the user newsletters regarding availability of latest updates if the users e mail id is available on the website registration form. Please read through installation and update tips available at the site.

The Formulary contains information, which, to the best of our knowledge, is accurate and up-to-date. But every practitioner must, as we have always insisted, take individual responsibility for taking all precautions when dispensing and administering drugs to children. We are looking forward to comments and criticism regarding the contents of the formulary and the quarterly Web updates.

We place on record, our sincere thanks to IAP President 2024 Dr Dr Basavaraja GV and IAP Hon Secretary General Dr Yogesh Parekh, and their OB and EB for their support; and are assured of similar encouragement and guidance from our IAP President 2025 Dr Vasant M Khalatkar and IAP Hon Secretary General 24-25 Dr Yogesh Parekh, their OB and EB 2024; the Executive Committee of IAP CMIC for their encouragement and help and all the IAP Sub Chapters and the contributors for their expert inputs. 

The IAP Drug Formulary 2024 is the result of inputs from contributors who are experts in their respective specialties and we are indebted to them for sparing their time and expertise for this project. We thank Pixel Studio, Ernakulam for printing works. We request all Chairpersons and Secretaries of our sub chapters to continue updating their respective chapters to make this quarterly web publication of the IAP a success. SIDSSOL Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore has continued to be very professional and astute in their work. We place on record our sincere thanks to IAP Cochin Branch for allowing us to use their office space free of cost. We thank Mr Sigi Sudhakaran, outroffice staff for commendable services. Useful and meaningful quarterly updates will continue to be made available so that this ongoing publication of IAP meets international standards and continues to be sought after by all those caring for children and adolescents.

For

Indian Academy of Pediatrics,

IAP President 2024

IAP Drug Formulary

IAP Hon General Secretary

Chairperson IAP CMIC

Secretary IAP CMIC