Indian authorities halted all production at a factory of Maiden Pharmaceuticals, after four of the company's cough syrups were linked to the deaths of 69 children in Gambia
India forms committee to probe matter, advise next stepsNEW DELHI, Oct 12 - Indian health authorities said on Wednesday they had halted all production of New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals after a
"In view of the seriousness of the contraventions observed during the investigation and its potential risk to the quality, safety and efficacy of the drug being produced, all the manufacturing activities of the firm is being stopped with immediate effect," said an order by federal and Haryana state drug regulators.
The government has formed a committee of four experts that will advise further action after "examining and analysing adverse event reports, causal relationship and all related details shared by the WHO ".But the source said the WHO had yet to share any report establishing a direct link to the deaths with the Indian-made medicines.Logo of the Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd. company is seen on a board outside their office in New Delhi, India, October 6, 2022.
The U.N. health agency said 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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