Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday said the sale of Coronil, which Yoga guru Ramdev바카라s Patanjali group claims is medicine for the ongoing pandemic will not be allowed in Maharashtra 바카라without proper certification from competent health organisations like WHO, IMA and others바카라.
Deshmukh wrote on Twitter, 바카라The IMA has questioned the said 바카라clinical trials바카라 of Coronil & WHO refuted the false claims made by Patanjali Ayurveda for giving any certificate regarding its effectiveness for Covid19 treatment. Launching such a drug hurriedly and being endorsed by two senior Central Union Ministers is highly deplorable. Selling of Coronil without proper certification from competent health organizations like WHO, IMA and others will not be allowed in Maharashtra.바카라
So, here바카라s all about the row over Coronil, and what was the 바카라WHO certification scheme바카라 cited by Patanjali
What Patanjali바카라s has claimed?
At a press conference on February 19, Ramdev said Coronil had received certification from AYUSH Ministry. It recognised it as a drug that can be used as a 바카라supporting measure in Covid-19바카라 and as an immuno-booster.
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, a qualified doctor who is also chair of the World Health Organization바카라s (WHO) Executive Board attended the press meet.
Harsh Vardhan said, 바카라During British colonial times, Ayurveda should have been recognised, its knowledge publicised바카라 Unfortunately, we had to wait till Independence to do that바카라 The Rs 30,000-crore industry for Ayurvedic products which grew at 15-20% per year is growing at 50-90% after Covid.바카라
According to the press statement, Patanjali said, 바카라Coronil has received the Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product (CoPP) from the Ayush section of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation as per the WHO certification scheme.바카라 Calling Coronil 바카라an evidence-based medicine to fight Covid-19바카라, Patanjali said under the CoPP, the drug can be exported to 158 countries.
Following this, the WHO distanced itself from the product and without taking names, WHO South-East Asia wrote on Twitter, 바카라WHO has not reviewed or certified the effectiveness of any traditional medicine for the treatment of COVID-19바카라.
Giving clarification on the same, Patanjali바카라s group CEO Acharya Balkrishna said that their certificate had come from the Government of India and not WHO. 바카라We want to clarify to avoid confusion that our WHO GMP compliant COPP certificate to Coronil is issued by DCGI, Government of India. It is clear that WHO does not approve or disapprove of any drugs. WHO works for building a better, healthier future for people all over the world,바카라 he tweeted.
What do you need to know about the WHO certification scheme for drugs?
According to the UNO body, the 바카라role of WHO in the area of medicines regulatory support is two-fold. One aspect relates to the development of internationally recognised norms, standards and guidelines. The second aspect relates to providing guidance, technical assistance and training in order to enable countries to implement global guidelines to meet their specific medicines regulatory environment and needs.바카라
Its certification scheme is for finished pharmaceutical products and is a voluntary agreement among various countries.
The scheme is an administrative instrument that needs a participating Member State (a certifying country), upon application by a commercially interested party (the applicant company), to certify/attest to the competent authority of another participating Member State (the recipient country) that:
- A specific pharmaceutical product is authorised for marketing in the certifying country, or if not, the reason why authorisation has not been accorded;
- The manufacturing facilities and operations conform to good manufacturing practices (GMP) as recommended by WHO.바카라
Deshmukh claims IMA questioned Coronil
On February 22, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) had criticised the 바카라blatant lie of WHO certification바카라 made by Patanjali Ayurved, and demanded an explanation from Harsh Vardhan for endorsing it.
The IMA statement mentioned, 바카라Being a Health Minister of the country, how justified is it to release such falsely fabricated unscientific product to people of the whole country and how ethical was it to promote the product in unethical, wrong and false ways.바카라
The IMA also said that as per the code of act of the Medical Council of India, no doctor can promote any drug, 바카라whether for compensation or otherwise, any approval, recommendation, endorsement, certificate, report or statement바카라 and said that it was 바카라surprising that the Minister himself is promoting the drug (Coronil)바카라.
The IMA then sought clarifications on the timeline for the clinical trial of Coronil, and what procedures were followed for the trials.
