USFDA joins global regulators probing tainted overseas cough syrup
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New York: The US Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it is working with the World Health Organisation and foreign regulatory authorities to support an investigation into the source of contaminated cough syrups that have killed more than 300 children in Africa and Asia.
In a statement, the FDA said it had no indication that contaminated syrups had entered the US drug supply chain, but it is "investigating the potential impact and scope of this hazard on FDA-regulated products." The agency recommended consumers only take medicines which were made to be sold in the United States, especially for children.
"The FDA is taking the international tragedy seriously and is making every effort to prevent contaminated product from entering the US market and to identify dangerous products that may have been brought into the US," the statement said. The inquiry also involves the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Earlier this week, the WHO said it had expanded its investigation into contaminated cough syrups linked to deaths from acute kidney injury in Gambia, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan to four additional countries, and called on governments more widely to ensure that medicines for sale are approved by competent authorities.
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