India halts production of cough syrup at a factory of Maiden Pharmaceuticals following WHO's report saying the medicine may be linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia
Indian authorities have halted production of cough syrup at a factory of Maiden Pharmaceuticals, after a WHO report that the medicine may be linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia.
Gambian police, in a preliminary investigation report on Tuesday, said that the deaths of 69 children from acute kidney injury were linked to the cough syrups made in India and imported via a US-based company. It is one of the worst such incidents involving drugs from India, often dubbed a "pharmacy of the world".The WHO said last week that laboratory analysis of four Maiden products - Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup - had "unacceptable" amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, which can be toxic and lead to acute kidney injury.
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