Question : NEW MEDICINE FOR ASTHMA



(a): whether the Indian scientists have developed world`s first medicine for the treatment of Asthma;

(b) if so, the name of the Research Institute which has developed the said drug alongwith the name of medicine and its price;

(c) whether the said medicine has been tested fully;

(d) if so, the details in this regard;

(e) whether commercial production of the said medicine had commenced and the same is available at cheap rate throughout the country; and

(f) if so, the position in this connection?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SHRI S. B. MOOKHERJEE)

(a) to (f): The information is being collected and will be laid on the table of the House.