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The Pharmacy Council of India is all set to revise the syllabus for pharmacy courses to keep abreast with new trends in medical sciences, said B Suresh, president of the Pharmacy Council of India who was in Nashik to attend academic events.“We are in the process of introducing major changes in pharmacy syllabus. The website of the Pharmacy Council will reflect proposed changes and accept suggestions from academics,” he said. The Council website will be updated with latest syllabus, expert lectures, references and sources by May 2019.Suresh said all universities in Maharashtra must accept the course designed by the council by next academic year. Mumbai University has still not accepted the course framed by the council.“The Council is coordinating with the universities in Maharashtra. Pharmacy colleges affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) took two additional sessions to adopt the PCI syllabus from 2018-19 for both BPharm and MPharm..