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NEW DELHI: The government is planning to set up an export inspection agency for Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha (Ayush) products to put an end to frequent rejection of Indian exports. There have been instances of Indian herbal exports being rejected due to metal toxicity and microbial contamination. China is a dominant player in the global herbal drug market.

The government has also proposed three levels of inspection. The certification fee for level 1 and level 2 is 0.4% and 0.2%, respectively, of the freight on board (FOB), which roughly represent the cost of the export consignment. The fee for the third level has not been finalised.

Pharmaceuticals export promotion council (Pharmexcil) has asked the government not to levy any fee or additional inspection on Ayush products. Pharmexcil chairman DB Mody told ET the industry is grappling with the problems of rupee appreciation and any additional burden would adversely impact Ayush exports.

Read the full article at source: The Economic Times

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For the first time, an ayurvedic drug, Liv-52, has become the top selling drug in the country in value terms. Himalaya Healthcare’s flagship liver tonic has registered the highest sales by value, toppling traditional chemical-based best-sellers of domestic and global pharma majors, if one goes by figures available for July 2007.

According to research firm ORG IMS’ sales figures for July 2007, Liv-52 outsmarted traditional market leaders such as Pfizer’s Corex, Nicholas Piramal’s Phensedyl and last month’s best-seller Novartis’ pain-killer drug Voveran to emerge as the topper. Ayurveda-based drugs are nowhere in the top pharma sales index, and Liv-52 is the lone representation in the country’s Top 30 drugs list.

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Ayurveda 2007, the premier Indigenous National Healthcare Exhibition organised by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) for the first time in Sri Lanka in association with the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine, Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Export Development Board will conclude today at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre.

NCCSL President D. Eassuwaren said that we in the east can proudly boast of Ayurveda medicine which not only heals the body but also the mind as well as the soul. Ayurveda practitioners are very approachable and the medicines can be found easily while some of the herbs are the base for western medicines as well.
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Vijayawada: Minister of State for Health Panabaka Lakshmi said, the government has raised its allocation for health care from two per cent to three per cent of GDP to fulfill its commitments under the Common Minimum Programme.

Participating as the chief guest in a national seminar on “Homeopathy and Research Trends” at Gudivada town in Krishna district, she said the government launched National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and allotted Rs 11,000 crores in this year’s budget to provide better health care in rural areas.

The government has allotted Rs 564 crores for traditional health care systems, Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeo (AYUSH).

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Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: A bill to establish, operate and control the ayurvedic health centres in Kerala state was referred to the subject committee by the Assembly.

The Kerala Ayurveda Health Centres (Issue of License and Control) Bill, 2007, was presented by Health Minister P K Sreemathi in the House on Thursday.

The bill is intended to check the exploitation in the ayurvedic health centres especially in the tourist centres, in various names. It has been found that a number of such centres are having no basic facilities for proper ayurvedic system of treatment or trained and experienced physicians.

After the commencement of the Act the existing health centres shall obtain license within six months.

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CHANDIGARH: Medical Education and Research Minister, Tikshan Sood said that Punjab government will start Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Jalandhar in this year.

Talking to media persons after presiding over valedictory session of an educational seminar at DBIMCS, Mandi Gobindgarh, and Tikshan Sood said that PIMS, Jalandhar is an ambitious project and the state government wants to run PIMS on the pattern of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.

Expressing anguish over the unwholesome attitude adopted by the previous Congress government for Ayurveda in the state, Sood said that they had not spend even a single penny for its development but the present SAD-BJP government was fully aware in this regard and would bring revolutionary change in popularizing Ayurveda.

He said that the state government had conceived the idea to setup AYUSH University to promote Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Naturopathy and Homeopathy systems of medicine in the state.

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Ayurvedic treatment: Tourists at Tangerine Beach hotel receiving Ayurveda treatment from locally trained therapists. Many tourists including Maldivians too visit Sri Lanka to have Ayurveda treatments.

Source: Daily News

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Kerala is working on an intellectual property rights (IPR) policy aimed at safeguarding the state’s rich base of ayurveda and herbal medicine and treatment.

“The Indian Patents Act and the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, clearly state that every state should form a biodiversity board, but nothing has happened so far. We have already floated the draft policy and a supervisory committee has been formed with the chief minister as the chairman. The committee will include several experts and officials,” Kerala Law Minister M Vijayakumar said.

This policy is crucial for Kerala because of the state’s rich traditional knowledge and practice of ayurveda, the Indian system of medicine.

“Ayurveda is a livelihood for many but there is no legal backing and it has already been an area of large-scale misappropriation. Hence we have to have our own policy in this respect.

“The draft has already been circulated for discussions and the response to it has been tremendous. It will soon come up for discussion in the assembly,” said the minister.

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Demand for the ‘Ayurvedic’ burqas from Saudi Arabia is growing rapidly. These garments are made from only natural cotton fabric, which is coloured with organic dyes. This is particularly to avoid any toxic chemicals that may cause irritations and allergies.

Material, appropriately named ‘Ayurvastra’as in the ayurveda texts, is then treated with medicinal Ayurvedic herbs that have healing values. Burqas made from this environmental-friendly and soothing method has become a rage in Saudi Arabia, which imported over 4000-5000 pieces.

Recognizing the trend, several units in Balaramapuram, a small village in Thiruvananthapuram, have raised their output and their export has surged significantly. This product is also expanding its markets in countries like the US, South Africa, Japan, France and Mexico.

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Maharashtra Arogya Mandal’s Sumatibhai Shah Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya (SSAM), Hadapsar, Pune, India, is organizing a two days National Seminar on Research Methodology and Biostatistics on 12th and 13th October 2007.

Ayurveda has potential to become the Main healthcare system of India. Research in various untouched treasures of Ayurved with appropriate methodology; supplied by biostatistical analysis will enhance the acceptability of evidence. We believe that when a post graduate student acquires sound knowledge of methodology and skills of utilizing appropriate analytical inferences he will become a good researcher and clinician.

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik has emphasized on the subject and initiated the process by up-gradation of syllabus. The new syllabus will elevate the level of knowledge of subject in first year post graduate students. We with the above mentioned seminar are providing you the opportunity to learn the concepts of Research Methods from the eminent and expert faculties and recognized examiners in the field of Research Methodology and biostatistics. Read the rest of this entry »

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