Patanjali told to stop promoting "covid drug" before it's tested by government

• Patanjali has been asked to provide at the earliest details the name and composition of medicine being claimed for COVID treatment.
• Ministry of AYUSH says advertisement of Patanjali's alleged drugs is regulated under Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954.
• Yoga guru Ramdev's herbal medicine company Patanjali Ayurved on Tuesday claimed to have discovered a cure for coronavirus but no medical authority could immediately vouch for the claim of 'Coronil and Swasari' medicine curing the highly contagious disease within seven days.

Patanjali has been asked to provide at the earliest details the name and composition of medicine being claimed for COVID treatment. Ministry of AYUSH says advertisement of Patanjali's alleged drugs is regulated under Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954

"Ministry has taken cognizance of news in media about Ayurvedic medicines developed for #COVID19 treatment by Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. The company asked to provide details of medicines & to stop advertising/publicising such claims till issue is duly examined," Ministry of AYUSH said in a statement.

Yoga guru Ramdev's herbal medicine company Patanjali Ayurved on Tuesday claimed to have discovered a cure for coronavirus but no medical authority could immediately vouch for the claim of 'Coronil and Swasari' medicine curing the highly contagious disease within seven days.

The firm claimed that the two Ayurved-based medicines have shown 100% favourable results during clinical trials on COVID-19 infected patients except those on a life support system.

The medicines have been developed by Patanjali Research Center, Haridwar and privately-owned National Institute of Medical Science, Jaipur following all protocols with clinically controlled trial-based evidence, Ramdev told PTI in a telephonic interaction with PTI.

"Patanjali first conducted clinical case study and conducted clinical control trials following all protocols of drug discovery," he said.

Sidestepping questions on the drug being approved by government agencies such as ICMR, Ramdev said clinical controlled study of these medicines was done in several cities including Delhi, Ahmedabad and Meerut and the RCT (Randomized Clinical Trial) controlled with placebo was conducted at Jaipur-based National Institute of Medical Sciences & Research.