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The yoga tycoon’s endorsement of Patanjali products as cures for chronic conditions raises ethical and legal questions.
Editor's note: For the past three years, Baba Ramdev has been headlining a special programme on India TV. The show, called “Yog ke Rang, Swami Ramdev Ke Sang”, is broadcast between 8 and 9 am every day. It follows a template the yoga guru is best known for: leading viewers through various yoga poses. Often, he doubles up as an ayurveda expert, doling out remedies for a host of diseases. On 9 February, while Ramdev was in the middle of a leg raise, the anchor asked him a question about glaucoma. “They say this disease can only be controlled, not cured,” the anchor said. “Once your eye is injured, a glaucoma infection is said to be inevitable. How does one treat it?” “What you say is something that would have happened 30 years ago,” said Ramdev, settling into a lotus position. “But unfortunately, allopathy, which considers itself a superpower, is a victim of such misconceptions. Like you can’t get rid of spectacles.” Nearly a decade ago, he went on, the late BJP leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat had come to inaugurate a Patanjali …
The yoga tycoon’s endorsement of Patanjali products as cures for chronic conditions raises ethical and legal questions.
Editor's note: For the past three years, Baba Ramdev has been headlining a special programme on India TV. The show, called “Yog ke Rang, Swami Ramdev Ke Sang”, is broadcast between 8 and 9 am every day. It follows a template the yoga guru is best known for: leading viewers through various yoga poses. Often, he doubles up as an ayurveda expert, doling out remedies for a host of diseases. On 9 February, while Ramdev was in the middle of a leg raise, the anchor asked him a question about glaucoma. “They say this disease can only be controlled, not cured,” the anchor said. “Once your eye is injured, a glaucoma infection is said to be inevitable. How does one treat it?” “What you say is something that would have happened 30 years ago,” said Ramdev, settling into a lotus position. “But unfortunately, allopathy, which considers itself a superpower, is a victim of such misconceptions. Like you can’t get rid of spectacles.” Nearly a decade ago, he went on, the late BJP leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat had come to inaugurate a Patanjali …
The rules require exporters of certain drugs to get an NOC from importing countries—a small but much-needed step to restoring India’s credibility in the global pharma market.
Specialty drugs are fast becoming a lucrative market globally. And India’s largest drugmaker has done well to make the most of this opportunity so far. But it’s too soon to rest easy.
The Supreme Court has mandated all advertisers to submit self-declarations certifying that their ads had no bogus claims. Easier said than implemented.
The rules require exporters of certain drugs to get an NOC from importing countries—a small but much-needed step to restoring India’s credibility in the global pharma market.
Specialty drugs are fast becoming a lucrative market globally. And India’s largest drugmaker has done well to make the most of this opportunity so far. But it’s too soon to rest easy.
The Supreme Court has mandated all advertisers to submit self-declarations certifying that their ads had no bogus claims. Easier said than implemented.
