Modern Drug Research Centre for Kerala Dr.B.Ekbal Consultative Meeting on Centre-State Technology Partnership

Modern Drug Research Centre for Kerala Central and State Research Institutes  New Drug Molecules  Standardisation and Validation of Traditional Medicines

Indian Drug Industry Technical Self Sufficiency in Drug Production Low Cost Drug Supplier  Patent Act : Process Patency  Drug Price Control  Industrial Policy

Indian Drug Industry Present Scenario Patent Act 2005 : Product Patent Private Sector  Merging and Acquisition by MNCs  Contract Research and Drug Trials Escalating Drug Price Drug Research not a top priority

Kerala Advantages Traditional Knowledge Medicinal Plant Wealth Research Institutes

Hortus Malabaricus Medicinal Plants: 650 Medicinal Uses Traditional Medical Practice Ethno-Medical Information

Hortus Malabaricus

Global Market $ 61B China: $ 5 B India: $ 300 m (6% of China) Domestic Market: 3, % 7500 Manufacturing Units: 1000 Kerala Kerala Market 300 Crs 800 Species of Medicinal Plants –< 20% Commercial Cultivation Traditional Pharmaceutical Industry

Identity of medically active markers Validation Testing and Certification Standardisation Toxicity Traditional Medicine Limitations

Immense Popularity with limited Reliability Traditional Pharmaceutical Sector

National Medicinal Plant Board Department of Ayush Ministry of Environment and Forests National Horticulture Board Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Public Research Laboratories –ICMR, ICAR, DBT, CSIR TM Drug Research: India’s Strengths

Modern Drug Research Centre for Kerala Medicinal Aromatic Plants and Spices Sectors Tradition of Ayurveda TBGRI, Rajeev Gandhi Centre of Biotechnology Agricultural University, University Departments Medical Colleges, Medical University Central Research Institutes

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