Facts of the claim and details of the stated scientific study are not known to the Government. Asks Baba to stop advertising such claims till the issue is duly examined..
Staff Reporter / New Delhi
Union Ministry of AYUSH has taken cognizance of the news in the media about Ayurvedic medicines developed for treatment of COVID-19 by Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, Haridwar (Uttrakhand).
It said that facts of the claim and details of the stated scientific study are not known to the Ministry.
Patanjali Ayurved Ltd has been asked to provide at the earliest details of the name and composition of the medicines being claimed for COVID treatment; site(s)/hospital(s), where the research study was conducted for COVID-19; protocol, sample size, Institutional Ethics Committee clearance, CTRI registration and results data of the study (ies) and stop advertising/publicizing such claims till the issue is duly examined.
The concerned Ayurvedic drug manufacturing company has been informed that such advertisements of drugs including Ayurvedic medicines are regulated under the provisions of Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 and Rules there under and the directives issued by the Central Government in the wake of COVID outbreak.
Ministry had also issued a Gazette Notification No. L.11011/8/2020/AS dated 21st April, 2020 stating the requirements and the manner the research studies on COVID-19 with Ayush interventions/medicines should be undertaken.
Ministry has also requested concerned State Licensing Authority of Uttrakhand Government to provide copies of license and product approval details of the Ayurvedic medicines being claimed for the treatment of COVID -19.
Patanjali launches Ayurvedic medicine claim to cure Coronavirus
Yoga Guru Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved has launched its medicine for COVID-19 named Coronil. During the launch of the medicine at Haridwar in Uttarakhand, Baba Ramdev claimed that Patanjali has prepared the first Ayurvedic-clinically controlled, research, evidence and trial based medicine for COVID19. He said, their clinical trial found that 69 per cent of the infected persons tested recovered from COVID-19 within three days, while 100 per cent of them recovered within a week.