Indian Drug Firms

Maiden Pharmaceuticals responsible for the deaths of 66 children, says Gambia Parliamentary panel

The select committee recommended that the Indian medicine manufacturer should be blacklisted and its products be banned in West African nation.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 21, 2022 · 01:20 pm
Maiden Pharma seeks to reopen factory after drug regulator says no contaminants in cough syrups

On Tuesday, the DCGI said that the WHO drew a premature link between the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia and the cough syrups made by Haryana-based company.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 16, 2022 · 04:12 pm
WHO drew premature link between deaths of children in Gambia and India-made cough syrups, says DCGI

Test reports have shown that the syrups were not contaminated with diethylene glycol or ethylene glycol, the drug regulator said.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 15, 2022 · 11:09 pm

Haryana stops production of cough syrups linked to deaths of 66 children in The Gambia

State health minister said that 12 flaws were found during an inspection of the medicines and their manufacturing process.

Scroll Staff
· Oct 12, 2022 · 11:42 am
Gambia Police begin probe into deaths of children linked to India-made cough syrups

President Adama Barrow’s office said that the foreign ministry had been asked to communicate the government’s ‘most profound concern’ to the Indian embassy.

Scroll Staff
· Oct 10, 2022 · 09:43 am
Firm linked to Gambia deaths failed to meet standards for other drugs four times in India this year

Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration in Haryana said it was preparing to test samples of the four syrups, which were made for export.

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· Oct 07, 2022 · 06:30 am

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Maiden Pharmaceuticals responsible for the deaths of 66 children, says Gambia Parliamentary panel

The select committee recommended that the Indian medicine manufacturer should be blacklisted and its products be banned in West African nation.

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Maiden Pharma seeks to reopen factory after drug regulator says no contaminants in cough syrups

On Tuesday, the DCGI said that the WHO drew a premature link between the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia and the cough syrups made by Haryana-based company.

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WHO drew premature link between deaths of children in Gambia and India-made cough syrups, says DCGI

Test reports have shown that the syrups were not contaminated with diethylene glycol or ethylene glycol, the drug regulator said.

Scroll Staff · Dec 15, 2022 · 11:09 pm

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Haryana stops production of cough syrups linked to deaths of 66 children in The Gambia

State health minister said that 12 flaws were found during an inspection of the medicines and their manufacturing process.

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Gambia Police begin probe into deaths of children linked to India-made cough syrups

President Adama Barrow’s office said that the foreign ministry had been asked to communicate the government’s ‘most profound concern’ to the Indian embassy.

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Firm linked to Gambia deaths failed to meet standards for other drugs four times in India this year

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Thalassemia patients complain of shortage of life-saving drug that removes excess iron from blood

However, Novartis, the sole manufacturer of the medicine, says that the stock is sufficient.

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The new policy can keep Indian companies competitive and bring investment into the country.

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