Indian Cough syrups linked to 66 children deaths in Gambia, WHO alerts, CDSCO begins investigation
WHO has issued an alert over four India-made cough and cold syrups which are made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India.
New Delhi: After the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert on four India-made cough and cold syrups used for paediatric groups, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has taken up an urgent investigation in this regard."Urgent investigation in the matter has been already taken up by CDSCO with the State Regulatory Authorities immediately after receiving...
New Delhi: After the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert on four India-made cough and cold syrups used for paediatric groups, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has taken up an urgent investigation in this regard.
According to the sources, "WHO on September 29, 2022, informed DCGI, the National Drug Regulator of India, that it is currently providing technical assistance and advice to the Gambia, where children were suspected to have died where a significant contributing factor, is suspected to be the use of medicines which may have been contaminated with Diethylene glycol or Ethylene glycol (this has been confirmed in some of the samples by further analysis conducted by WHO)."
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Gambia had ordered importers and shops to suspend sales of all brands of paracetamol syrup while the government investigates a suspected link between the medicine and the deaths of dozens of young children.
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