The principal objectives of today's media conference are to celebrate Link Samahan's approval for entry into Canada's healthcare market, and 15 years of burgeoning sales in the local market as a safe and effective herbal medicine.
Link Samahan, the market leader and Sri Lanka's most popular remedy for colds, catarrh and other common upper respiratory viral infections, posted yet another outstanding achievement when it recently gained entry into the Canadian market. Link Samahan has satisfied the extremely stringent criteria of the Natural Health Products Directorate in Canada for licensing under that country's Natural Health Products Regulations.
"Obtaining the licence from The Natural Health Products Directorate, of Health Canada is a significant achievement. It took over 2 years, because of the extremely stringent criteria imposed under Canadian Natural Health Products Regulations," stated the Chairman of Link Natural Products (Pvt) Limited Dr. Devapriya Nugawela at the media briefing.
Extensive details of the manufacturing facility in Dompe, its research laboratory and quality assurance systems along with written confirmation of its safety and efficacy provided by practicing ayurvedic specialists had also to be provided.
Dr. Nugawela went on to state "It took a team of specialists, Ayurvedic physicians and scientists over 5 years to finalise the formula and arrive at the scientifically optimized process protocol for producing Link Samahan. It was this rigorous commitment to research, quality assurance and scientific integrity that enabled it to prove successful in obtaining the much coveted licence to market Link Samahan in Canada."
Prof. Colvin Goonaratna, recounted of how his association with Link Samahan began as Chairman of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation from 1994 to 2001. Link Samahan was tested for a wide range of western allopathic drugs including paracetemol, prednisolone and other steroids following allegations that Link Samahan contained western medicinal drugs. Prof. Goonaratna was able to categorically state that Link Samahan was entirely herbal in composition and contained no western medicinal drug of any kind. "The efficacy of Link Samahan is related to its very special formulation and its property of enhancing our body's natural immune system when taken regularly," he said.
Prof. Tuley de Silva, Director of Link Samahan and former Director of Ayurveda Research Institute and Retired Special Technical Advisor at UNIDO, in charge of herbal products spoke of the stringent regulations that need to be complied with for the import of herbal healthcare products in many developed and developing countries - requirements that include lack of side-effects, and absence of western medicinal drugs. "We have conformed to all these requirements in the production of Samahan", stated Prof de Silva.
Besides Canada, Link Samahan is also exported to the USA, India, Malaysia, Singapore, the Middle East and Latvia, and is available for sale in several other countries. Export to the USA required conformity with the DHSEA Act, which places emphasis' on safety and claims for efficacy, for which a prerequisite were test reports from the University of Cambridge and the University of Georgia, which confirmed that Link Samahan was a 100% natural product.
Speaking last, eminent Ayurvedic physician and former Lecturer at the Gampaha Wicramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, Dr Sarathchandra Wijayasinghe stated that he had personally advocated the use of Link Samahan for many years now. "The relief that Samahan provides came from the combination of 14 herbs that bring about 'balance', thereby enhancing the immune system. Its formulation allowed it to be readily absorbed and hence immediate relief it provided," he said.
He stated that Link Natural could take pride in the contribution they had made to the advancement of Deshiya and Ayurvedic medicine. |
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