Lok Sabha Question No. 230 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-02
Subject: Treatment of Vitiligo under AYUSH
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, C.S. PUTTARAJU, ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR, JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTIO N NO. 230 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND FEBRUARY, 2018

## TREATMENT OF VITILIG O UNDER AYUSH

## 230. PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

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

- (a) whether there has been a considerable rise in the number of patients suffering from vitiligo and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether any breakthrough has been achieved for the treatment of said disorder unde Unani system of treatment and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the  Government  has  approved  clinical  trials  of  certain  medicines  under  AYUSH systems of medicine especially under Unani system of treatment for such disorders and if details thereof;
- d) whether there is any problem to take patent rights for Unan i medicines, if so, the reasons therefor  and  the  corrective  measures  taken  by  the  Government  in  this  regard  along  wit number of Unani medicines which have taken patent rights so far; and
- (e) the time by which such medicines would likely to be availa ble in the market?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) : The Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) has enrolled 8871 patients during 2015 - 16 and 13598 patients during 2016 - 17 in different OPDs of the CRIUM, Hyderabad.    Council has conductedclinical s tudieson Vitiligoand developed effective

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tr eatments for this disease.  Two combinations of the drugs viz, UNIM - 001 (Oral) + UNIM - 003 (Local) and UNIM - 004 (Oral) + UNI M - 005  (Local) showed significant therapeutic effects in this disease.  These drugs have been made available to the patients at the c linical centres as Post Trials Accessibility of the drugs in the PTA OPD till such time patent is granted.  Pr patents have already been filed.

(c) : The  trails  on  certain  medicines  have  been  recommended  by  the  Scientific  Adviso Committee (SAC)  and  Institutional  Ethics  Committee  (IEC)  of  CCRUM  for  the  treatment  of such disorders.

The  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Homoeopathy  (CCRH)  has  undertaken  03 observational studies on Vitiligo.

(d) & (e) : In accordance to the new patent po licy 2013 for herbal drugs, patent cannot be granted  for  the  drugs  that  have  been  made  by  administering  various  ingredients  for references of its ingredients are available in the classical literature.  This is the m bring the drugs in th e market. CCRUM has been awarded patents for Ten drugs by the  year 2017. The process of commercialization of the medicines developed by the CCRUM has alread been initiated in collaboration with National Research Development Corporation (NRDC).

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