New Delhi: The Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) and American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, USA signed an MoU on September 13, 2021 for strengthening the quality of Ayurvedic and other Indian traditional medicine products globally and also enhancing their export potential, especially to the USA market.
Through this MoU both the collaborators would strive to recognize the role of standards ensuring the quality and safety of Ayurveda and other Indian traditional medicine products. They will ensure an increase in awareness and understanding of the quality of traditional /herbal medicines and their products.
The Ministry of Ayush stated today that it entered this MOU with the specific purpose of strengthening, promotion, and development of standards in the field of Ayurveda and other Indian traditional systems of medicine between the two countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.
“This collaboration of efforts will go a long way in enhancing the export potential of the ASU&H (Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homeopathy) drugs,” the Ministry stated, adding that under this MOU, there will be the constitution of a Joint Committee to develop the action plan along with timelines for the development of monographs and other activities for cooperation in the field of traditional medicine.
The Ministry feels that this MOU will develop the confidence of the global community about the safety of ASU&H drugs. One of the major outcomes of this partnership will be that both PCIM&H and AHP, USA would be working to identify various challenges faced by the herbal market of Ayurveda products/drugs in the USA. This will lead to adoption of Ayurveda standards developed out of this cooperation by the manufacturers of herbal drugs in the USA.
“This can be termed as a major move and will eventually foster the adoption of Ayurveda standards developed out of this cooperation for the market authorization of ASU&H products/drugs in the USA,” the Ministry said.
Development of monographs of Ayurveda & other Indian traditional medicine products and herbal products, exchange of technical data for the development of monographs with due acknowledgement between the parties, training and capacity building, exchange of Herbarium specimens and botanical reference samples and phytochemical reference standards are also the part of MoU.
Moreover, the Ministry said there is an understanding in development of a digital database on Ayurveda and other Indian traditional medicine products/drugs and herbal products and identifying further areas of co-operation for the promotion of quality standards of drugs/products used in Ayurveda and other Indian traditional medicine.
– global bihari bureau
