Samples of Global Pharma Healthcare eye drops free of contamination: Health Ministry sources
"Indian samples tested were found to be of standard quality. We found the samples free of any contamination," source said.
New Delhi: The samples of eye-drops manufactured by India's Global Pharma Healthcare, which were linked to three deaths and blindness in some patients in US, are found to be "free of contamination", said Health Ministry sources on Tuesday.According to Health Ministry sources, the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) India has found samples that are tested in a lab in Bengaluru "free of...
New Delhi: The samples of eye-drops manufactured by India's Global Pharma Healthcare, which were linked to three deaths and blindness in some patients in US, are found to be "free of contamination", said Health Ministry sources on Tuesday.
This is the third such incident where an Indian pharmaceutical product has come under scrutiny.
Last year, dozens of deaths were reported among children in Gambia and Uzbekistan allegedly due to Indian cough syrups.
Cough and cold syrups manufactured by New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals were linked to deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia, while Delhi-based Marion Biotech's cough syrups were linked to the deaths of 18 children in Uzbekistan.
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