Copyright Andreas Maleta (2006-2014)

On August 13, 2005, His Holiness the Dalai Lama donned green overalls to visit the production facilities of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Padma Inc. and endowed the factory with his blessings. Padma is the only company in Europe that produces registered Tibetan pharmaceuticals according to Western standards of pharmaceutical safety and efficacy. The company was established in 1969 by a Swiss businessman and a Polish doctor of Buryat origin. The first two products registered under Swiss law were based on formulas from Aginsk Monastery in Buryatia.