Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H), is a subordinate office under Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.Development of Pharmacopoeias and Formularies as well as acting as Central Drug Testing cum Appellate Laboratory for Indian systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy are the key fields of activity of PCIM&H.

The Commission was initially established as Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine (PCIM) on 18^th August, 2010 as an autonomous body under Ministry of AYUSH and was registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 on 31^st August, 2010. However, in pursuance to the decision of Central Government (dated 20^th March, 2014), Homoeopathy was incorporated and the Commission was renamed as Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H). Amendments in three-tier governing structure of the Commission also came in effect with this restructuring for which the renewed Memorandum of Association was signed on 19^th May, 2014. The new name and revised Memorandum of Association of the Commission were re-registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 on 25^th June, 2014.

Initially Government of India had set up Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Committee (APC), Siddha Pharmacopoeia Committee (SPC), Unani Pharmacopoeia Committee (UPC) and Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Committee (HPC) in the years 1962, 1975, 1964 and 1962 respectively. These Pharmacopoeia Committees were working independently to publish respective Formularies and Pharmacopoeias. The four Pharmacopoeia Committees having their secretariats at respective Research Councils under Ministry of AYUSH were brought under the auspices of PCIM&H with establishment of the later.

Two central laboratories namely Pharmacopoeial Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM) and Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeial Laboratory (HPL) both were established as subordinate offices under then Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 1970 and 1975 respectively. Both PLIM and HPL were designated as supporting structures of PCIM&H in due course.

Consequent upon decision of Central Government (dated 3rd June, 2020), the erstwhile autonomous PCIM&H has been re-established as a subordinate office under Ministry of AYUSH by merging into it, the two central laboratories namely PLIM and HPL (notified vide gazette dated 6th July, 2020).