SNA Oushadhasala Pvt. Ltd, one of the leading traditional Ayurvedic drug manufacturers in Kerala, is planning to expand its factory by setting up a fully automatic Ayurvedic drug manufacturing unit with an investment of Rs.9 crore. The new unit will take off within 2008.
The proposed facility will come up in a seven acres plot and will have fully automated packing and filling lines. At present not many drug manufacturing units in the State use such facility, said Dr P T N Vasudevan Mooss, chairman and managing director of SNA.
He said SNA is also planning to launch some patented medicines for protection of liver and for thyroid deficiency and the clinical trials are going on. SNA has also undertaken a study of children with Autism Spectrum disorders treated with Ayurvedic formulations. The project that started two years ago in association with an autism society in Hyderabad, has around 50 patients. Ayurvedic ghee, special powder and Kashayams include the treatment regimen. The study will continue for some more years, he said.
As Pharmabiz had reported earlier SNA has plans to set up a 100-bedded modern Ayurvedic hospital at an investment of Rs 3 crore. But initially they are planning to shift the factory. At present the factory is occupying more than 45000 square feet space and therefore, once the factory is shifted, the space would be utilized for the hospital.
He said SNA recently conducted an Ayurvedic education programme for Maldivian students and soon another batch from Italy will undergo training. About 40 students are expected to come to SNA for the practical sessions. The syllabus and other details have been sent to the university in Estonia and is waiting for the reply.
Regarding the plan of SNA to set up a 5000 sq.ft. International standard library of rare ayurvedic books at the headquarters within a year, Mooss said that they had collected a good number of books and it has still not been opened to pubic due the lack of space. "Next year we are publishing 5 rare manuscripts and we have a strong publication division with 35 books in Sanskrit, English and Malayalam," added Mooss.