Noida-based Marion Biotech being investigated following deaths of Uzbek children
1 year, 11 months ago

Noida-based Marion Biotech being investigated following deaths of Uzbek children

The Hindu  

The Uttar Pradesh Drug Control and the Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation are investigating Noida-based firm Marion Biotech, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on December 29, 2022. This comes a day after the Uzbekistan health ministry’s statement, linking the deaths of 18 children in the country to drinking contaminated health syrup made by Marion Biotech. ‘Premature link’ The Indian government was in touch with Uzbekistan authorities, but it would be premature to link the present case with a recent incident in The Gambia where children’s deaths were also blamed on Indian-made cough syrups, said a spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs. This comes days after a parliamentary panel in The Gambia found “unacceptable levels” of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol in cough syrup made by Haryana-based Maiden Pharma.

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Vantage | Why poor quality cough syrups may poison India's reputation too
1 year ago

Vantage | Why poor quality cough syrups may poison India's reputation too

Firstpost  

Lives are still being lost and the tarnishing of India’s reputation as the “Pharmacy of the World” continues In the chilling aftermath of a tragic incident in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, the reputation of India’s pharmaceutical industry is under scrutiny. What began as a seemingly routine flu season turned into a horrifying tale of poisoning, with at least 12 …

Test cough syrups meant for exports on priority: DCGI
1 year, 7 months ago

Test cough syrups meant for exports on priority: DCGI

Hindustan Times  

The Drugs Controller General of India on Wednesday directed state drugs regulators and government laboratories to test cough syrup samples meant for exports “on top priority” and issue reports at the earliest, according to people familiar with the matter. “The state drugs controllers are hereby requested to give instructions to your state owned NABL laboratories to analyse the samples received …

Contaminated syrups manufactured in India reported in WHO’s Western Pacific region
1 year, 7 months ago

Contaminated syrups manufactured in India reported in WHO’s Western Pacific region

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization on April 25 said that contaminated cough syrup made by an Indian company had been found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia. The global health body said in its medical product alert that a batch of substandard ‘Guaifenesin Syrup TG Syrup’ had been identified in the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia, and reported to …

Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths| Marion Biotech’s licence cancelled
1 year, 9 months ago

Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths| Marion Biotech’s licence cancelled

The Hindu  

The Uttar Pradesh Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has cancelled the drug license of Noida-based Marion Biotech Pvt Ltd after 18 children died in Uzbekistan, last year, allegedly after consuming cough syrup manufactured in India. “Marion Biotech Company’s license has been cancelled by the State License Authority,” a senior State health official said on Wednesday. Toxic adulteration According to …

Cough Syrup Deaths: DCGI Directs Drug Manufacturers Not to Use Propylene Glycol Supplied by Delhi Firm
1 year, 9 months ago

Cough Syrup Deaths: DCGI Directs Drug Manufacturers Not to Use Propylene Glycol Supplied by Delhi Firm

News 18  

India’s drug regulator has directed drug manufacturers not to use propylene glycol supplied by a Delhi-based company which provided the ingredient to Marion Biotech, whose cough syrups were alleged to have led to the deaths of children in Uzbekistan. Ltd. supplied propylene glycol used in Marion Biotech’s cough syrups that were found to be “not of standard quality”, according to …

Drug regulator calls for cancelling licence of firm related to Uzbek deaths
1 year, 9 months ago

Drug regulator calls for cancelling licence of firm related to Uzbek deaths

Hindustan Times  

Noida: The central drug regulator has recommended cancellation of the licence of Noida-based pharmaceutical firm Marion Biotech, whose cough syrup has been linked to the deaths of 18 children in Uzbekistan, after an analysis found that its products did not meet quality standards, officials from the state and the Centre said on Saturday. Noida police on Friday arrested three officials …

Cough Syrup Death Cases: US CDC Blames Indian Pharma Firm for Demise of Gambia Kids; 3 Held in Noida Over Uzbekistan Incident
1 year, 9 months ago

Cough Syrup Death Cases: US CDC Blames Indian Pharma Firm for Demise of Gambia Kids; 3 Held in Noida Over Uzbekistan Incident

News 18  

There is a strong link between the death of several children in Gambia and cough syrups made in India that are allegedly contaminated, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States and the Gambian health authorities. In October last year, the World Health Organization had issued an alert stating that the …

Police arrest 3 from Noida pharma firm linked to Uzbekistan children’s deaths
1 year, 9 months ago

Police arrest 3 from Noida pharma firm linked to Uzbekistan children’s deaths

Hindustan Times  

Based on a complaint filed by the central drug regulator on Thursday regarding sale of adulterated and spurious products, Noida police on Friday arrested three officials of Marion Biotech, whose cough syrup has been linked to the death of 18 children in Uzbekistan. The FIR was lodged over an ongoing investigation by central and state drug authorities that found Marion’s …

Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths: Noida police arrest 3 employees of Marion Biotech
1 year, 9 months ago

Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths: Noida police arrest 3 employees of Marion Biotech

Firstpost  

The Noida Police said the arrests were made after an FIR was lodged against five officials, including two directors of Marion Biotech. The FIR was lodged over a complaint by a drugs inspector of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization New Delhi: Three employees of Noida-based pharmaceutical firm Marion Biotech, whose cough syrup is linked to the deaths of 18 …

Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths | Three employees of Noida-based pharma firm arrested
1 year, 9 months ago

Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths | Three employees of Noida-based pharma firm arrested

The Hindu  

The Noida police arrested three employees of a pharmaceutical firm on charges of manufacturing and selling adulterated drugs in connection with the death of 18 children in Uzbekistan last year, officials said on Friday. A First Information Report was registered on Thursday against five officials of Marion Biotech, after a complaint was filed by a Drugs Inspector of the Central …

WHO urges 'immediate action' after 300 children die due to cough syrup
1 year, 11 months ago

WHO urges 'immediate action' after 300 children die due to cough syrup

Firstpost  

London: The World Health Organization has urged for “immediate and concerted action” against contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year, according to a report by Reuters. More than 300 children, mostly under the age of five, died of acute kidney injury in 2022 in the Gambia, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan, according to a statement …

Cough Syrup deaths: WHO investigating links between manufacturers in India
1 year, 11 months ago

Cough Syrup deaths: WHO investigating links between manufacturers in India

Live Mint  

The World Health Organization is investigating whether there is any connection between manufacturers whose contaminated cough syrups it has linked to the deaths of more than 300 children in three countries, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Citing “unacceptable levels” of toxins in the products, the WHO is seeking more information about the specific raw materials used by …

WHO calls for action to protect children from contaminated medicines after cough syrups deaths
1 year, 11 months ago

WHO calls for action to protect children from contaminated medicines after cough syrups deaths

India TV News  

Cough syrups row: In the wake of fatalities among children linked to cough syrups and medicines made by manufacturers based in India and Indonesia, the WHO has issued an "urgent call to action” to countries to detect and respond to incidents of falsified medical products and protect children from contaminated medicines. The World Health Organisation said that over the past …

WHO Urges 'Immediate and Coordinated Action' on Contaminated Medicines After Child Deaths
1 year, 11 months ago

WHO Urges 'Immediate and Coordinated Action' on Contaminated Medicines After Child Deaths

News 18  

Following the deaths of more than 300 children from contaminated cough syrup, the WHO appealed Monday for “immediate and coordinated action” to root out substandard and falsified medicines around the world. At least seven countries have reported incidents involving over-the-counter cough syrups for children over the past four months, the World Health Organization said in a statement. But on Monday, …

Indonesia court hearing into children killed by toxic cough syrup
1 year, 11 months ago

Indonesia court hearing into children killed by toxic cough syrup

Al Jazeera  

Some 200 children have died of acute kidney injury in Indonesia since last year and dozens of cases linked to cough syrup have been reported in The Gambia and Uzbekistan. Families of Indonesian children who died after consuming a tainted cough syrup have demanded restitution at an Indonesian court, which has started hearing their class-action lawsuit against government agencies and …

Marion syrup ingredients under lens over Uzbekistan deaths
1 year, 11 months ago

Marion syrup ingredients under lens over Uzbekistan deaths

Hindustan Times  

The likely source of contamination could be the solvent— propylene glycol— in the syrups manufactured by Noida-based Marion Biotech, people familiar with the matter have said, sharing new details about the probe into a company that has been linked to at least 18 deaths in Uzbekistan of children who purportedly consumed its cough syrup. The Uttar Pradesh drugs licensing and …

Uzbekistan, Gambia Cough Syrup Cases: 'Concerned' Commerce Ministry Advises Thorough Probe - News18
1 year, 11 months ago

Uzbekistan, Gambia Cough Syrup Cases: 'Concerned' Commerce Ministry Advises Thorough Probe - News18

News 18  

The union ministry of commerce and industry has raised “concerns” over the allegations of deaths of children in Uzbekistan and Gambia caused by syrups manufactured by two Indian pharmaceutical firms. According to an office memorandum written by the export division of the commerce ministry, and accessed by News18.com, “The commerce secretary in a recent review meeting expressed concern about the …

Uzbekistan cough syrup case: Drug inspectors raid Marion Biotech again, get new Ambronol samples
1 year, 11 months ago

Uzbekistan cough syrup case: Drug inspectors raid Marion Biotech again, get new Ambronol samples

Firstpost  

New Delhi: A day after the World Health Organization issued a formal alert against India-made substandard medicines exported to Uzbekistan, a team of drug inspectors has once again raided the manufacturing unit of Uttar Pradesh-based Marion Biotech. The WHO on Wednesday announced that the laboratory analyses of samples of Ambronol and DOK-1 Max syrups – both manufactured by Marion Biotech …

Behind the Indian cough syrup that killed many in Gambia and Uzbekistan
1 year, 11 months ago

Behind the Indian cough syrup that killed many in Gambia and Uzbekistan

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 12, 2023 10:20 IST It was a scandal the Indian government was least prepared for. The Uzbek incident According to the Uzbekistan Health Ministry’s press note, a special working group it constituted began an inspection after children in Samarkhand who had consumed the syrup reported side effects. India’s Health Ministry explained that Maiden Pharmaceuticals had obtained an …

'Substandard...': WHO warns against use of cough syrups linked to Uzbek deaths
1 year, 11 months ago

'Substandard...': WHO warns against use of cough syrups linked to Uzbek deaths

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organization has warned against prescribing two India-made cough syrups for children after they were linked to the death of 19 children in that country last month. Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths: Reports quoting the WHO say a lab analysis reveals the syrups contained unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol. READ | Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths: UP …

WHO recommends against using Noida-based Marion Biotech's cough syrups in Uzbekistan following series of death
1 year, 11 months ago

WHO recommends against using Noida-based Marion Biotech's cough syrups in Uzbekistan following series of death

India TV News  

Cough syrup row : The World Health Organisation on Wednesday recommended not to use two cough syrups for children in Uzbekistan produced by Noida-based company Marion Biotech. Noida-based pharma Marion Biotech has come under fire after reports emerged about the death of children after consuming cough syrup came in from Uzbekistan. "We have suspended the production license of Marion Biotech …

India cough syrup linked to Uzbekistan deaths ‘substandard’: WHO
1 year, 11 months ago

India cough syrup linked to Uzbekistan deaths ‘substandard’: WHO

Al Jazeera  

The World Health Organization said the Indian manufacturer’s products had ‘unacceptable amounts’ of toxic substances. The World Health Organization has issued a warning against the use of two India-made cough syrups linked to the deaths of at least 20 children in Uzbekistan. The UN agency said that the two products – AMBRONOL and DOK-1 Max – made by the Indian …

Uzbekistan deaths: UP suspends licence of Noida pharma company
1 year, 11 months ago

Uzbekistan deaths: UP suspends licence of Noida pharma company

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh drugs licensing and controlling authority on Monday suspended the manufacturing licence of Noida based Marion Biotech which is linked to deaths of at least 18 children in Uzbekistan, allegedly from consuming its cough syrup, Dok-1 Max, according to people familiar with the matter. All manufacturing at Marion Biotech’s manufacturing unit was already stopped pending government investigation, the …

At the precipice of shame: The Hindu Editorial on The Gambia and Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths
1 year, 11 months ago

At the precipice of shame: The Hindu Editorial on The Gambia and Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths

The Hindu  

December 2021 and December 2022 could not have been more contrasting for India’s pharmaceutical industry. This year, two Indian drug-manufacturing firms stand accused by two countries of producing toxic cough syrup linked to the deaths of children — at least 66 in The Gambia and 18 in Uzbekistan. While the export licence of the Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which supplied …

'Uzbekistan deaths sullied entire industry': Top pharma export council suspends Marion Biotech's membership
1 year, 11 months ago

'Uzbekistan deaths sullied entire industry': Top pharma export council suspends Marion Biotech's membership

Firstpost  

According to Uzbekistan media reports, the Dok-1 Max syrup manufactured by UP-based Marion Biotech showed the presence of ethylene glycol, the deadly chemical, which was held responsible for deaths in The Gambia New Delhi: Amid the allegations of the death of 18 children in Uzbekistan caused by syrups manufactured by Noida-based Marion Biotech, India’s apex pharma export council has decided …

Uzbekistan Kids’ Deaths Brought 'Bad Name' to India; Firm's Membership Suspended: Pharmexcil
1 year, 11 months ago

Uzbekistan Kids’ Deaths Brought 'Bad Name' to India; Firm's Membership Suspended: Pharmexcil

News 18  

Amid the allegations of death of 18 children in Uzbekistan caused by syrups manufactured by Noida-based Marion Biotech, India’s apex pharma export council has decided to suspend the membership of the firm, News18.com has learnt. According to the first letter shot by the council to Marion’s Jain, Udaya Bhaskar, director general at Pharmexcil, said, “Alleged supply of substandard medicines by …

Cough syrup deaths | Manufacturing activities stopped at Noida-based Marion Biotech
1 year, 11 months ago

Cough syrup deaths | Manufacturing activities stopped at Noida-based Marion Biotech

The Hindu  

All manufacturing activities at Marion Biotech's Noida unit have been stopped in view of reports of contamination of its cough syrup Dok-1 Max, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday. "Following inspection by @CDSCO_INDIA_INF team in view of reports of contamination in cough syrup Dok1 Max, all manufacturing activities of Marion Biotech at NOIDA unit have been stopped yesterday …

Marion Biotech, cough syrup makers linked to Uzbek deaths, halts all production
1 year, 11 months ago

Marion Biotech, cough syrup makers linked to Uzbek deaths, halts all production

Hindustan Times  

Marion Biotech - the Noida-based manufacturer of a cough syrup blamed by Uzbekistan authorities for the death of 19 children - has halted production of all medicines, union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted Friday morning. READ | 18 Uzbekistan kids’ deaths linked to Noida-made cough syrup, probe on On Thursday Marion Biotech said it had halted production of the Dok-1 …

Noida firm stops syrup blamed for 11 kid deaths
1 year, 11 months ago

Noida firm stops syrup blamed for 11 kid deaths

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The manufacturing of Marion Biotech's Dok-1 Max cough syrup has stopped "for now", the company's legal representative said on Thursday as the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation began a probe in connection with the deaths of 18 children in Uzbekistan allegedly linked to it. The pharma company has been under the scanner after the Uzbekistan health ministry alleged …

‘Closely monitoring probe’: Indian embassy on death of 18 kids after consuming cough syrup in Uzbekistan
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Closely monitoring probe’: Indian embassy on death of 18 kids after consuming cough syrup in Uzbekistan

Firstpost  

The Indian Embassy in Tashkent is in touch with Uzbekistan’s Agency on Development of Pharmaceutical Industry and has requested it to share details with the Indian side for further investigation and subsequent action New Delhi: The Indian Embassy in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent, in an official statement, extended its condolences to the kin of the 18 deceased children and assured that India …

BJP, Cong spar over cough syrup related deaths in Uzbekistan, Gambia
1 year, 11 months ago

BJP, Cong spar over cough syrup related deaths in Uzbekistan, Gambia

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The alleged role of Indian pharma companies in the deaths of children abroad triggered a slugfest between the Congress and the BJP on Thursday as the opposition party asked the government to stop boasting about India being a pharmacy to the world and take strictest action. Following reports about the deaths of 18 children in Uzbekistan being allegedly …

Marion Biotech: The Noida-based pharma company at the centre of the Uzbekistan cough syrup tragedy
1 year, 11 months ago

Marion Biotech: The Noida-based pharma company at the centre of the Uzbekistan cough syrup tragedy

Firstpost  

Marion Biotech, headquartered in Sector 67 of Noida, has come under the scanner as its syrup, Dok-1 Max, has been linked to the deaths of 18 children in Uzbekistan. The Uzbekistan government has stated that 18 children died in the capital city of Samarkand drank cough syrup ‘Dok-1 Max’, manufactured by Noida-based drug maker Marion Biotech. The health ministry said …

India seeks details of Uzbekistan’s investigation into cough syrup
1 year, 11 months ago

India seeks details of Uzbekistan’s investigation into cough syrup

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI:The Indian authorities are in touch with their counterparts in Uzbekistan over the death of 18 children after allegedly consuming a cough syrup made in India, with the external affairs ministry saying on Thursday that the domestic pharmaceutical industry remains a reliable supplier of medicines across the world. Uzbekistan’s health ministry said 8 children had died after taking Dok-1 …

Uzbek cough syrup deaths: Mandaviya asks CDSCO to probe matter, samples sent for testing
1 year, 11 months ago

Uzbek cough syrup deaths: Mandaviya asks CDSCO to probe matter, samples sent for testing

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday directed Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation to initiate a probe in connection with the death of 18 children in Uzbekistan following consumption of India-made cough syrup. The cough syrup--Dok1 Max--is manufactured by Noida-based pharma company Marion Biotech. “Regarding reports from Uzbekistan concerning contaminated cough syrup made by Indian company Marion Biotech, …

Cough syrup deaths | India seeks details from Uzbekistan on investigations
1 year, 11 months ago

Cough syrup deaths | India seeks details from Uzbekistan on investigations

The Hindu  

India is in touch with the Uzbak authorities and has sought details of their investigation into the death of 18 children after allegedly consuming cough syrup made by an Indian firm, the External Affairs Ministry said on December 29. CDSCO initiates a probe The comments came even as a team of Central agencies and the Uttar Pradesh drug department carried …

Uzbekistan Syrup Deaths: UP Drug Maker Ordered to Stop Production of Meds With Propylene Glycol
1 year, 11 months ago

Uzbekistan Syrup Deaths: UP Drug Maker Ordered to Stop Production of Meds With Propylene Glycol

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh-based pharmaceutical firm Marion Biotech has been asked to stop production of drugs that contain propylene glycol after reports emerged that 18 children had died in Uzbekistan after allegedly consuming a syrup manufactured by the company. News18.com had on Wednesday highlighted reports on Uzbeki news website AKI.com that alleged the syrup, ‘Dok-1 Max’, manufactured by Marion Biotech was to …

Indian pharma under scrutiny again after 18 Uzbek child deaths
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian pharma under scrutiny again after 18 Uzbek child deaths

Al Jazeera  

Among the world’s biggest drug exporters, India is investigating the firm whose cough syrup has been linked to the deaths. In a statement on Thursday, India’s health ministry said the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation — the country’s drug regulatory authority — was communicating with its counterpart in Uzbekistan over the incident. Uzbekistan’s health ministry had said in a statement …

18 children dead due to cough syrup made by Indian firm, says Uzbekistan
1 year, 11 months ago

18 children dead due to cough syrup made by Indian firm, says Uzbekistan

The Hindu  

The Health Ministry of Uzbekistan on Tuesday said 18 children, with acute respiratory disease, have died from taking excessive doses of a cough syrup, Doc-1 Max, manufactured by Marion Biotech, an Indian firm. This comes days after a parliamentary panel in The Gambia found “unacceptable levels” of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol in cough syrups made by Haryana-based Maiden Pharma. …

Uzbekistan Investigates Deaths of 18 Children 'After Consuming India-made Syrup', WHO Assisting Probe
1 year, 11 months ago

Uzbekistan Investigates Deaths of 18 Children 'After Consuming India-made Syrup', WHO Assisting Probe

News 18  

After the Gambian children’s death controversy, the health ministry of Uzbekistan has alleged that 18 kids have died in the country after consuming medicines manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical company. According to the reports by Uzbekistan’s local news website, AKI.com, tablets and syrup, ‘Dok-1 Max’, manufactured by the Uttar Pradesh-based Marion Biotech, are allegedly behind the deaths of several children. …

Uzbekistan Investigates Deaths of 18 Children 'After Consuming India-made Syrup', WHO Assisting Probe
1 year, 11 months ago

Uzbekistan Investigates Deaths of 18 Children 'After Consuming India-made Syrup', WHO Assisting Probe

News 18  

According to the reports by Uzbekistan’s local news website, AKI.com, tablets and syrup, ‘Dok-1 Max’, manufactured by the Uttar Pradesh-based Marion Biotech, are allegedly behind the deaths of several children. After the Gambian children’s death controversy, the health ministry of Uzbekistan has alleged that 18 kids have died in the country after consuming medicines manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical company. …

Uzbekistan says 18 children die after consuming India-made syrup
1 year, 11 months ago

Uzbekistan says 18 children die after consuming India-made syrup

Al Jazeera  

Incident follows similar deaths of at least 70 children in The Gambia after they took cough and cold syrups made by an Indian firm. At least 18 children have died after consuming a syrup manufactured by Indian drugmaker Marion Biotech Pvt Ltd, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health says. The ministry said 18 of 21 children who took the Doc-1 Max syrup …

Samples Not Contaminated, Meets Standards: Centre Slams WHO Over Premature Links Between Children Deaths in Gambia and India-made Syrups
2 years ago

Samples Not Contaminated, Meets Standards: Centre Slams WHO Over Premature Links Between Children Deaths in Gambia and India-made Syrups

News 18  

The World Health Organisation drew premature links between the deaths of children in Gambia and the four India-made cough syrups, India’s drug regulator DCGI has said in a strong statement slamming the WHO, reports Reuters. “Samples taken from Indian pharmaceutical company Maiden Pharma, whose products were linked to the deaths of children in Gambia, have been found to comply with …

Gambia children deaths: Maiden Pharma's cough syrup samples found to be of standard quality, says govt
2 years ago

Gambia children deaths: Maiden Pharma's cough syrup samples found to be of standard quality, says govt

Firstpost  

Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation in coordination with State Drug Controller, Haryana had carried out a joint investigation of Maiden Pharmaceuticals in Kundli, Sonepat to ascertain the facts that allegedly led to the death of 66 children in the West African country New Delhi: Cough syrup samples of Maiden Pharmaceuticals have been found to be of standard quality, the government …

‘Too late to save him’: Indonesian children killed by cough syrup
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Too late to save him’: Indonesian children killed by cough syrup

Al Jazeera  

Medan, Indonesia – When Siti’s son, Mohammad Fajar, first fell ill at the end of August this year, the housewife and cleaner did not think much of it. “We were too late to save him.” Fajar is one of the dozens of Indonesian children who have died since August as a result of taking cough syrups suspected of being contaminated …

Children’s deaths in The Gambia and Indonesia: What to know
2 years, 2 months ago

Children’s deaths in The Gambia and Indonesia: What to know

Al Jazeera  

Tainted cough syrups pulled from the shelves after they were linked to dozens of deaths. In early October, the World Health Organization said the deaths in The Gambia may be linked to four contaminated cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals, an Indian drug manufacturer. The WHO said in a medical product alert on October 5 that excessive levels …

Gambia cough syrup-related deaths | CDSCO to examine Maiden Pharma’s role, Haryana sends notice to firm
2 years, 2 months ago

Gambia cough syrup-related deaths | CDSCO to examine Maiden Pharma’s role, Haryana sends notice to firm

The Hindu  

Union Health Ministry’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation said, on Wednesday, that it will examine the response of Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited to allegations of serious violations of norms set for the production of drugs by the Haryana State Drugs Controller. The State Drugs Controller-Cum-Licensing Authority, Department of Food & Drugs Administration, Haryana, issued the notice under the rule 85 …

Haryana stops production of cough syrups linked to deaths in Gambia
2 years, 2 months ago

Haryana stops production of cough syrups linked to deaths in Gambia

India Today  

The Haryana government has decided to stop the production of cough syrups by Maiden Pharmaceuticals after a joint inspection by Central and state drug departments revealed 12 flaws in the drug. This comes after the World Health Organisation said the cough syrups allegedly led to the death of 66 children in Gambia. "After the Central and Haryana State drug departments …

Explained: How cough syrups can lead to deaths
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained: How cough syrups can lead to deaths

Firstpost  

The WHO has said that it has found ‘unacceptable amounts’ of diethylene glycol in the four cough syrups that have been linked to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the loss of young lives due to the products is “beyond heart-breaking for their families”, adding that laboratory analysis revealed that each …

India probes deaths in Gambia linked to Indian-made cough syrup
2 years, 2 months ago

India probes deaths in Gambia linked to Indian-made cough syrup

Al Jazeera  

WHO chief earlier said UN agency is investigating deaths in the African country. India is investigating the deaths of dozens of children in The Gambia that the World Health Organization said may be linked to a cough syrup made in the South Asian nation, two people from India’s health ministry have told the Reuters news agency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom …

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