Uttarakhand revokes production ban on 5 Ramdev products, calls it an ‘error’

The Uttarakhand Ayurveda and Unani Licensing Authority on Saturday revoked its order that banned yoga instructor Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy from production of five products that the company claimed can treat blood pressure, diabetes, goitre, glaucoma and high cholesterol. “We allow the production of medicines to continue as earlier by amending the previous order dated November 9 issued by this directorate,” said the letter issued by Uttarakhand drug regulator Dr GCN Jangapangi on Saturday. “We should have given time to the company to explain their stand before ordering a ban on production.” After the ban revocation order, Patanjali spokesperson SK Tijariwala on Saturday said: “We are humbly grateful to the Government of Uttarakhand for taking cognizance of this irrational act of defaming Ayurveda; and for rectifying the error in a timely manner.” In a statement, the company further said: “Through 30 years of continuous effort and research, Patanjali Institutions, for the first time in the world, has generated the acceptance of Ayurvedic medicines in the form of research and evidence-based medicine.” “.Unfortunately, some of the ignorant, insensitive, and underqualified officers of the Ayurveda Licensing Authority of Uttarakhand have been tarnishing the entire sage tradition of Ayurveda,” the statement said. In September too, the state health authority, as well as the Central Consumer Protection Authority, had taken a firm view on five The state authority on September 7 asked Divya Pharmacy to remove the In August, the Delhi high court sought clarification from Patanjali founder Ramdev regarding his company’s product ‘Coronil’, on allegations of spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 cure capacity of the product.