WHO recently issued a warning on their website stating that cough syrups manufactured by the Noida-based company are "substandard" and should not be give to children.
A chemical called ethylene glycol was found in the syrup during the lab tests. According to the reports, this chemical is a common contaminant in pharma products that are made without adequate or enough safeguards.
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As per some health officials, some cough syrups administered to five-year-olds were proven to contain ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol which shouldn't be present in such quantities
Sonepat-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals have been asked to stop all its manufacturing activities after its cough syrups found "contaminated" in Gambia.
WHO last week issued Medical Product Alert on four India-Made cough syrups after the products were identified 'contaminated' in Gambia.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) last week issued an alert for four India-made cough syrups, suggesting that the "contaminated" medicines could be responsible for the deaths of 66 children due to acute kidney injuries in the recent months in The Gambia. The products in question include Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup, and Magrip N Cold Syrup all manufactured by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited, located in Haryana, India. Watch Video.
Gambian health officials and Red Cross workers are reportedly going door to door to locate the India-made Cough Syrups.
The World Health Organization said that the death of 66 young children in the Gambia from acute kidney injuries may have been caused by contaminated cough and cold syrups manufactured by an Indian drug manufacturer.
None of these four drugs in question is sold domestically in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a press note.
The four "contaminated" medicines have been produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited, located in Haryana, India.
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