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Gambia’s government is “far advanced” in exploring avenues for potential legal action against Indian drugmaker Maiden Pharmaceuticals and a local distributor over toxic cough syrups believed to have killed dozens of children, it said on Friday.

Logo of the Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd. company is seen on a board outside their office in New Delhi, India, October 6, 2022.Logo of the Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd. company is seen on a board outside their office in New Delhi, India, October 6, 2022.

Gambia has fired the executive director and deputy director of its Medicines Control Agency and referred the matter to police after the task force found that the medicines in question were not registered with the MCA, which is required by law, the government said in a statement. The Indian drugmaker Maiden Pharmaceuticals has denied wrongdoing, and the Indian government says that tests it conducted on the drugs showed they were not contaminated. Atlantic Pharmaceuticals, a local distributor of the drugs, could not be reached.“The government is currently benefiting from legal advice from a top tier international law firm,” Gambia’s government said in the statement, adding it is also pursuing potential redress through engagement with the Government of India.

 

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