Lok Sabha Question No. 2616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-17
Subject: Patents of AYUSH Medicines
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2616 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH MARCH, 2017

## PATENTS OF AYUSH MED ICINES

## 2616. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

Will  the  Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH )be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  are  many  traditional  AYUSH  medicines  that  have  been  developed  as effective remedy for several communicable and non - commun icable diseases and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to provide improved intellectual property protect these AYUSH medicines so as to check exploitation of these national treasures by multina companies; and
- (c) the number of patents of AYUSH medicines have been granted during the last three years

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) : Yes.  The  four  autonomous  organization  under  Ministry  of  AYUSH  namely,  Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Research in Unan Medicine  (CCRUM),  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Siddha  ( CCRS),  Central  Council  for Research  in  Homeopathy  (CCRH)  have  undertaken  Research  for  development  of  effective medicines for communicable and non -communicable diseases. The details are as under: -

## CCRAS: -

AYUSH - 64  (Anti - Malarial  Drug);  AYUSH - 56  (Anti - Epilep tic  Drug);  AYUSH - 82  (for Diabetes  Mellitus);  NIMBATIKTAM  (For  Psoriasis  and  Duodenal  ulcer);  AYUSH POSHAK YOGA and PEYA (Immunomodulator, Antistress and General Health Promoter); SHUNTHI GUGGULU (Rheumatoid Arthirits); KSHARASUTRA (Ano Rectal Disorders); A YUSH BALARASAYANA (for Promotion of Health in Children); AYUSH GHUTTI (for prevention of Diarrhoea and Fever in Children);

Contd…….

Other AYURVEDIC FORMULATIONS (for Antenatal Care) i.e. AYUSH PG, AYUSH AD, AYUSH AG Tablet and AYUSH GG Table for the treatment of several communicable and non -communicable diseases.

CCRUM: -The Council has completed studies on new Unani drugs namely,

Baras  (Vitiligo);  Iltehab - e- Tajaweef - e- Anf  (Chronic  Sinusitis);  Da - us- Sadaf  (Psoriasis); Kasrat - e- Shahm - ud- Dam (Hyperlipidaemia); Gastro - oesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD); Tahajjur -e- Mafasil (Osteoarthritis); Iltehab - e- Kabid (Infective Hepatitis); Waja -ul - Mafasil  (Rheumatoid  Arthritis);  Daul  Feel  (Filariasis);  Zeequn  Nafas  (Bronchi asthma).

CCRS: -D - 5 Croonam for diabetes Mellitus; Rasagandhi Mezhugu for fibroid uterus.

CCRH: -During last three years, it has conducted 25 research studies on communicable and -communicable diseases and have identified a group of efficacious drugs.

(b) : The Government of India has taken following steps in this regard: -

- i. Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) has been established with the objective preventing  misappropriation  of  traditional  Indian  medicinal  knowledge  of  Ayurved Unani, Siddha & Yoga. The TKDL has been prepared in five languages, namely English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish in patent compatible format to make available t existing knowledge, which is already in public domain to the patent examiners, so that patent  applications,  which  are  re lated  to  traditional  knowledge  are  rejected  at  the examination stage itself.
- ii. Guidelines for examination of applications related to Traditional Knowledge and biolo subject matter have been issued by the Indian patent Office (CGPDTM) to prevent undu grant of patents.
- iii. Indian Patents Act provides specific provisions to prevent grant of patents to an in which  in  effect,  is  traditional  knowledge  or  which  is  an  aggregation  or  duplicati known properties of traditionally known component or compone nts.
4. iv.The  Biodiversity  Act,  2000  requires  an  applicant  to  seek  prior    approval of  the  National Biodiversity authority before making an application for any intellectual property righ involves an invention based on biological resources obtained from India.

(c) : As  per  the  information  provided  by  the  Department  of  Industrial  P olicy  &  Promotion (DIPP), details of number of patent applications filed/published granted as per provis Patents Act on herbal/plants/Ayurvedic formulations, from 01.01.2005, onwards are as under -

| Patent Applications   | Patent Applications   | Filed Patents Granted   | Filed Patents Granted   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Domestic              | Foreign               | Domestic                | Foreign                 |
| 1000                  | 129                   | 185                     | 23                      |

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