Ayush Ministry debunks Patanjali's claim of Covid cure medicine

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Ayush ministry says claim of Patanjali not substantiated, advertisements of Coronil are illegal

Ministry of AYUSH has taken cognizance of the news being recently flashed in the media about Ayurvedic medicines developed for the treatment of COVID-19 by Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, Haridwar (Uttrakhand). Facts of the claim and details of the stated scientific study are not known to the Ministry.

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 thereunder 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.

In order to make this Ministry aware of the facts of the aforesaid news and verify the claims, 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 from data of the study (ies) and stop advertising/publicizing such claims till the issue is duly examined. 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.

Today, Yoga Guru Baba 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 said 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 percent of the infected persons tested recovered from COVID-19 within three days, while 100 percent of them recovered within a week. Patanjali also claims that its Corona medicine kit can also be taken as prevention for coronavirus.


The Corona kit will be made available at just ₹545, says Acharya Balkrishna. The Corona kit will have medicines for 30 days.
This medicine kit is not available anywhere, for now, will be made available at Patanjali stores in a week, says Baba Ramdev.

 

Tags : #AyushMinistry #Patanjali #Coronil #BabaRamdev #AcharyaBalkrishna #CovidCure #Uttarakhand

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