18 pharma companies lose licence over poor quality drugs
1 year, 8 months ago

18 pharma companies lose licence over poor quality drugs

The Hindu  

Following a massive nationwide crackdown on spurious and substandard medicines, the licenses of 18 pharma companies have been cancelled and some firms have been directed to stop manufacturing on the account of poor-quality medicines. “A joint team of the Central and State government conducted the inspection and the special drive is aimed at stopping the production of adulterated drugs and ensuring good manufacturing norms compliance,” said the official. Meanwhile, India has reported some cases of substandard medicines, with Gujarat-based Zydus Lifesciences last month recalling from the U.S. market over 55,000 bottles of generic medication used to treat gout after it failed impurities specifications. The World Health Organization, in October last year, warned against the four cough and cold medicines manufactured by Sonepat-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals — Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough, Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup.

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No tolerance on spurious meds, 71 firms issued notices: Mandaviya on cough syrup row
1 year, 6 months ago

No tolerance on spurious meds, 71 firms issued notices: Mandaviya on cough syrup row

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Asserting that India follows a zero-tolerance policy on spurious medicines, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said 71 companies have been issued show-cause notices following concerns raised in some quarters about reported deaths due to contaminated India-made cough syrups and 18 of them have been asked to shut shop. In an exclusive interview with PTI video, the minister …

Safety first: on Indian pharma products and drug safety
1 year, 6 months ago

Safety first: on Indian pharma products and drug safety

The Hindu  

Reports of drugs manufactured in India causing severe harm and dozens of patient deaths from across the world continue to trickle in, the latest being the deaths of two patients in Sri Lanka who were administered Indian-made anaesthetic drugs. While anaesthetic drugs made in India causing deaths are a first in the recent past, eye drops causing infections, blindness and …

Test cough syrups meant for exports on priority: DCGI
1 year, 6 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 …

WHO issues alert for another India-made cough syrup: Why are these drugs so deadly?
1 year, 7 months ago

WHO issues alert for another India-made cough syrup: Why are these drugs so deadly?

Firstpost  

Another India-made cough syrup has come under scrutiny. The United Nations health agency said that Guaifenesin TG syrup, manufactured by Punjab-based QP Pharmachem Ltd, showed “unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol”. “The typical reason these chemicals end up in medicine is because pharmaceutical manufacturers do not adequately test industrial solvents purchased from chemical traders and used to manufacture …

Govt cancels licenses of 18 pharma companies over spurious medicines: Report
1 year, 8 months ago

Govt cancels licenses of 18 pharma companies over spurious medicines: Report

Hindustan Times  

In a major crackdown against the manufacture of substandard drugs, central and state regulators conducted joint inspections at 76 pharma companies and cancelled the licences of 18 of them for producing spurious and adulterated drugs, official sources said on Tuesday. Government has cancelled licenses of 18 pharma companies for manufacturing of spurious medicines. A source said that the action has …

Uzbek cough syrup deaths: DCGI issues alert against supplier of Marion Biotech
1 year, 9 months ago

Uzbek cough syrup deaths: DCGI issues alert against supplier of Marion Biotech

Hindustan Times  

India’s federal drugs regulator has directed state drugs regulators to ensure local manufacturers do not procure raw material, propylene glycol, from a Delhi-based firm that supplied the ingredient to Noida based Marion Biotech, whose cough syrups were linked to deaths of at least 18 children in Uzbekistan last year. In December, last year, India launched an inquiry against the Noida …

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 …

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

The Hindu  

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 four months, countries …

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, …

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 …

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 …

'Compliant with norms': India to WHO on cough syrups and Gambia kids' deaths
2 years ago

'Compliant with norms': India to WHO on cough syrups and Gambia kids' deaths

Hindustan Times  

All four cough syrup samples of Maiden Pharmaceuticals tested by the government have been found compliant with norms, the national drugs controller said in a recent letter to the World Health Organization representative in Geneva, and reiterated India was yet to receive data to establish deaths in The Gambia, where the products were linked to fatalities in children. A probe …

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 …

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 …

Explained | The Gambia deaths and the toxic cough syrups that are causing them
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | The Gambia deaths and the toxic cough syrups that are causing them

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Gambia’s Health Minister Ahmadou Lamin Samateh said on Saturday, October 8, that the number of child deaths likely linked to contaminated cough syrups made by an Indian manufacturer had risen to 69, Bloomberg reported. In September, The Gambia started coordinating with the World Health Organisation about the incidents and reported four locally-sold cough syrups it …

India Bashing WHO on Cough Syrup Fiasco is Old Tale of Pot Calling the Kettle Black - News18
2 years, 2 months ago

India Bashing WHO on Cough Syrup Fiasco is Old Tale of Pot Calling the Kettle Black - News18

News 18  

It was October 5 when the World Health Organization announced that India-made cough syrups could be behind the death of more than 60 children in the West African nation, The Gambia. According to WHO, laboratory analysis of the syrups confirmed “unacceptable” amounts of Diethylene Glycol and Ethylene Glycol — which can be toxic and lead to acute kidney injury — …

How ‘Made in India’ cough syrups ended up killing nearly 70 children in Gambia
2 years, 2 months ago

How ‘Made in India’ cough syrups ended up killing nearly 70 children in Gambia

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The deaths of 70 children …

Maiden Pharmaceuticals asked to stop production of cough syrup
2 years, 2 months ago

Maiden Pharmaceuticals asked to stop production of cough syrup

Deccan Chronicle  

Ambala : Haryana government has ordered a halt of total production of cough syrups from Sonipat-based company Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited, which was recently flagged by the World Health Organisation following the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. The pharma company had come under scanner following the death of 66 children who had consumed the cough syrup in The Gambia …

Maiden Pharma missed out quality test in cough syrup: Report
2 years, 2 months ago

Maiden Pharma missed out quality test in cough syrup: Report

Live Mint  

Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited, an organization that is under scrutiny for four 'substandard' and 'contaminated' cough syrups potentially linked to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia, did not perform the quality test of raw material used in the manufacturing process of one of the medicines, according to a notice sent after an official inspection in the case. A total …

WHO's Alert to Maiden Pharma's 'Shocked' Reax: Full Composition of the Cough Syrup Controversy
2 years, 2 months ago

WHO's Alert to Maiden Pharma's 'Shocked' Reax: Full Composition of the Cough Syrup Controversy

News 18  

In a jolt to the Indian pharmaceutical industry, the World Health Organisation on October 5 issued an alert, saying four “contaminated” and “substandard” cough syrups produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited based in Haryana’s Sonepat could be the reason for the deaths in Gambia, a West African nation. A day after the alert, Haryana’s Health Minister Anil Vij said samples of …

Maiden Pharma breaks silence over cough syrup deaths in Gambia
2 years, 2 months ago

Maiden Pharma breaks silence over cough syrup deaths in Gambia

Live Mint  

Breaking its silence over the 66 deaths of children in Gambia after they consumed cough syrups manufactured by them, Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals on Saturday said that the product samples have been drawn by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation officials and results are awaited. “We have valid drug approvals for the export of the products in question and we are …

Gambia deaths: Expert dismisses fears about Indian cough syrups
2 years, 2 months ago

Gambia deaths: Expert dismisses fears about Indian cough syrups

Hindustan Times  

The vice president of the Standing National Committee on Medicines & Health Care Products, Dr YK Gupta, on Saturday dismissed the fears about the cough syrups by Maiden Pharmaceuticals company that allegedly resulted in the deaths of 66 children in the Gambia and said that that the licence for the drug was for export only, adding that Indian cough syrups …

Worried About 4 Cough Syrups WHO Warned Against? Know Formulation, How They Work on A Child's Body
2 years, 2 months ago

Worried About 4 Cough Syrups WHO Warned Against? Know Formulation, How They Work on A Child's Body

News 18  

Four cough syrups manufactured by an Indian drugmaker are in the centre of a storm after the World Health Organisation issued an alert, claiming that the deaths of dozens of young children in Africa’s Gambia may be linked to the contaminated drugs. Manufactured by Maiden Pharmaceuticals, the four syrups that raised an alarm were identified as Promethazine Oral Solution BP, …

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 …

Gambia deaths | Pharma exporters body asks Maiden to share details
2 years, 2 months ago

Gambia deaths | Pharma exporters body asks Maiden to share details

The Hindu  

The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India on Thursday put on watch Maiden Pharmaceuticals, the drugmaker named in a medical product alert by the World Health Organization following acute kidney injury and death of 66 children in the west African country the Gambia. Citing the WHO communication that mentions the firm as manufacturer of four cold and cough syrup formulations …

None of four cough syrups linked to death of 66 children in Gambia available for sale in India, say distributors
2 years, 2 months ago

None of four cough syrups linked to death of 66 children in Gambia available for sale in India, say distributors

The Hindu  

None of the four cough syrups — Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup — being linked to the death of 66 children in the Gambia is available for sale in India, said the All India Organisation of Chemists and Distributors. “Maiden Pharmaceutical Limited has no presence in the Indian domestic …

Cough syrups exported only to the Gambia, finds drug regulator’s probe
2 years, 2 months ago

Cough syrups exported only to the Gambia, finds drug regulator’s probe

The Hindu  

After a preliminary inquiry, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation found on Thursday that the four cough syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals, suspected to have caused the death of children in the Gambia, were exported only to the West African nation. “The Haryana-based manufacturer is licensed by the State Drug Controller to make the products Promethazine Oral Solution BP, Kofexnalin …

Gambia urgently recalls India-made cough syrups blamed for 66 child deaths
2 years, 2 months ago

Gambia urgently recalls India-made cough syrups blamed for 66 child deaths

Hindustan Times  

Gambia has launched a door-to-door campaign to immediately remove India-made cough and cold syrups blamed for deaths of more than 60 children in the West African country. The World Health Organization issued a medical alert in response to the deaths, labelling the four products – Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold …

Indian firm’s cough syrups may be tied to 66 deaths in Gambia: WHO
2 years, 2 months ago

Indian firm’s cough syrups may be tied to 66 deaths in Gambia: WHO

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization on Wednesday issued a medical product alert over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, warning that they could be linked to acute kidney injuries and deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. A senior Health Ministry official confirmed to The Hinduthat the WHO on September 29 informed the Drugs Controller General …

India-made cough syrups may be tied to 66 deaths in Gambia: WHO
2 years, 2 months ago

India-made cough syrups may be tied to 66 deaths in Gambia: WHO

Al Jazeera  

The WHO also issued a medical product alert asking regulators to remove Maiden Pharma goods from the market. The deaths of dozens of children in The Gambia from kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters that …

Need Help for Your Dry Eyes? You May Soon be Able to Buy These Popular Drops Without a Prescription
2 years, 2 months ago

Need Help for Your Dry Eyes? You May Soon be Able to Buy These Popular Drops Without a Prescription

News 18  

You may not need a prescription anymore to buy the next bottle of Refresh Tears eye drops. The apex panel under the drug regulatory body of India is considering a proposal to remove the requirement of prescription for buying Refresh Tears, a medicine for treatment of dry eyes, News18.com has learnt. The Drugs Technical Advisory Board, which will meet on …

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