Haryana drug controller accused of taking Rs 5 crore bribe from Maiden Pharma
Indian authorities have launched an inquiry into an allegation that a local pharmaceutical regulator, in return for a bribe, helped switch samples of cough syrups that the World Health Organization (WHO) had linked to the deaths of children in Gambia before the samples were tested at an Indian laboratory, according to two government officials and documents reviewed by Reuters.
In an April 29 letter to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Haryana reviewed by Reuters, a lawyer named Yashpal accused the state's drug controller, Manmohan Taneja, of taking a bribe of Rs 50 million ($605,419) from local manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals to help it switch the samples before an Indian government laboratory tested them. Maiden's factory is based in Haryana state.
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Haryana Drug Controller Accused Of Taking Rs 5 Crore Bribe From Maiden Pharma, Inquiry Launched
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