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A US-based company has hijacked the trademark of Jeevani, a wonder medicine ideal for fighting fatigue, which brought substantial financial benefit to the Kani tribals in Kerala, who discovered it.
The US firm, called NutriScience Innovations, has been selling the medicine developed by the Tropical Botanical Gardens and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, using the knowledge of the tribals, without passing on any benefits to them, according to a UN Study.
Jeevani is produced from Arogyapaacha, grown extensively by the tribals living in the Agasthya Hills near Thiruvananthapuram.
So far, the Coimbatore Arya Vaidya
Pharmacy marketed the drug. Tribal healers got part of the proceeds.
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