Indian Cough Syrups

Uzbekistan on Monday handed out sentences to 21 people linked to the deaths of 68 children who consumed a contaminated cough syrup produced in India.

Distributors of a contaminated Indian cough syrup that killed 65 children in Uzbekistan paid local officials a bribe of $33,000 to skip mandatory testing, Uzbek state prosecutors

An Indian pharmaceutical company, which has come under the World Health Organisation scanner over the levels of two compounds in its cough syrup, claimed today that the chemicals were within permissible limits.

The World Health Organization on Monday flagged a batch of contaminated common cold syrup it found in Iraq that was manufactured by an Indian company. The United Nations agency in its

Gambia's government is "far advanced" in exploring avenues for potential legal action against Atlantic Pharmaceuticals and Maiden Pharmaceuticals over toxic cough syrups that were imported from India, it said on Friday.

A new drugs bill will be taken up for consideration next week on rules for importing, manufacturing and selling medicines in India, according to a parliamentary notice on Thursday.

The direction has come after quality concerns were raised globally for cough syrups exported by Indian firms.

Amid quality issues being raised globally for the cough syrups exported by Indian firms, the Centre is actively considering a proposal of testing drugs at government laboratories before they are dispatched to other countries.

After the WHO issued a product alert over India-made cough syrup in Marshal Islands and Micronesia, Managing Director, QP Pharma Chem Limited, Sudhir Pathak said that someone had duplicated the syrup to defame the Government of India.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that two cough syrups made by Noida-based company Marion Biotech should not be used for children in Uzbekistan.

The Centre today said it is in touch with Uzbekistan after it alleged 18 children in the country died after taking an Indian-made cough syrup. An investigation is in progress and the manufacturing of the cough syrup has been stopped.

The alleged role of Indian pharma companies in the deaths of children abroad led to a verbal tussle between the BJP and the Congress on Thursday.

Uzbekistan has claimed that at least 18 children in the country have died after allegedly taking an India-manufactured cough syrup.

The government has begun inspecting some drug factories across the country, the health ministry said on Tuesday, as it tries to ensure high standards after an Indian company's cough and cold syrups were linked to deaths in Gambia.

The WHO drew a premature link between the deaths of children in Gambia and the four India-made cough syrups which adversely impacted the image of the country's pharmaceutical products across the globe.

Uzbekistan on Monday handed out sentences to 21 people linked to the deaths of 68 children who consumed a contaminated cough syrup produced in India.

Distributors of a contaminated Indian cough syrup that killed 65 children in Uzbekistan paid local officials a bribe of $33,000 to skip mandatory testing, Uzbek state prosecutors

An Indian pharmaceutical company, which has come under the World Health Organisation scanner over the levels of two compounds in its cough syrup, claimed today that the chemicals were within permissible limits.

The World Health Organization on Monday flagged a batch of contaminated common cold syrup it found in Iraq that was manufactured by an Indian company. The United Nations agency in its

Gambia's government is "far advanced" in exploring avenues for potential legal action against Atlantic Pharmaceuticals and Maiden Pharmaceuticals over toxic cough syrups that were imported from India, it said on Friday.

A new drugs bill will be taken up for consideration next week on rules for importing, manufacturing and selling medicines in India, according to a parliamentary notice on Thursday.

The direction has come after quality concerns were raised globally for cough syrups exported by Indian firms.

Amid quality issues being raised globally for the cough syrups exported by Indian firms, the Centre is actively considering a proposal of testing drugs at government laboratories before they are dispatched to other countries.

After the WHO issued a product alert over India-made cough syrup in Marshal Islands and Micronesia, Managing Director, QP Pharma Chem Limited, Sudhir Pathak said that someone had duplicated the syrup to defame the Government of India.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that two cough syrups made by Noida-based company Marion Biotech should not be used for children in Uzbekistan.

The Centre today said it is in touch with Uzbekistan after it alleged 18 children in the country died after taking an Indian-made cough syrup. An investigation is in progress and the manufacturing of the cough syrup has been stopped.

The alleged role of Indian pharma companies in the deaths of children abroad led to a verbal tussle between the BJP and the Congress on Thursday.

Uzbekistan has claimed that at least 18 children in the country have died after allegedly taking an India-manufactured cough syrup.

The government has begun inspecting some drug factories across the country, the health ministry said on Tuesday, as it tries to ensure high standards after an Indian company's cough and cold syrups were linked to deaths in Gambia.

The WHO drew a premature link between the deaths of children in Gambia and the four India-made cough syrups which adversely impacted the image of the country's pharmaceutical products across the globe.