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Jayarama Emani | The Dollar Business “India is quickly becoming a significant player in the global marketplace, representing an important source of FDAregulated products. With a diverse population, highly skilled work force, and favourable economic conditions, India has become an increasingly attractive location for companies to operate,” said the United States Food and Drugs Administration (USFDA) in its blog FDA Voice. “Each year, the FDA has to assess millions of products grown, harvested, processed, manufactured and shipped from outside of the U.S. And one of the most impressive examples of how this globalization of production, consumption and trade has altered the regulatory landscape is India,” said the blog. The blog went on to add that Indian regulators have become ...

Satyapal Menon | The Dollar Business There is a need for concerted efforts to make Ayurvedic products accepted as medicines worldwide   Just mention Ayurveda and the response is mostly a sense of skepticism and ridicule. This pre-conceived mindset has been inculcated over centuries, through ignorance and neglect of a system of medicine that had proved its curative values eons before the dawn of modern medicine. Unfortunately, despite its intrinsic efficacy and potency, Ayurveda products are yet to get global recognition as a medication for various ailments. The reasons for Ayurveda not being accorded the priority it deserves ironically emanates from the country of its origin - India. Efforts by institutions and government departments to promote Ayurvedic products, though sustained, have ...