Indonesia revokes licences for syrup-type drug production by two local firms as it investigates the deaths of more than 150 children due to acute kidney injury
Ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, used as a cheaper alternative in some pharmaceutical products to glycerine, can be toxic and lead to acute kidney injury.
The decision by the BPOM agency came after Indonesia temporarily banned sales of some syrup-based medications and identified the presence in some products of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol as possible factors in the AKI deaths, most of which were of children under five. BPOM chief Penny K. Lukito told reporters the "oral liquid" manufacturing licences of the two companies, PT Yarindo Farmatama and PT Universal Pharmaceutical Industries, had been revoked, adding BPOM was pursuing criminal action against them.
A lawyer with PT Universal Pharmaceutical Industries declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.
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