Indonesia suspends licences of 2 more drug firms amid probe into child deaths

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JAKARTA - Indonesia’s food and drug agency said on Wednesday it had suspended the licences of two more local drug companies producing syrup-type medications, as authorities investigate the deaths of nearly 200 children due to acute kidney injury.

Penny K. Lukito, chief of the food and drugs agency , told reporters the companies - PT Samco Farma and PT Ciubros Farma - used high levels of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in their products. “The distribution line is long, from importers to some chemical product distributors and big traders until the raw ingredients reach the pharmaceutical industries,” she said.

 

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