Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd

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.

Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd will seek clearance to re-open its factory after agovernment laboratory found nothing wrong in samples taken from syrups that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had suspected of being linked to children' deaths in Gambia

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.

Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd will seek clearance to re-open its factory after agovernment laboratory found nothing wrong in samples taken from syrups that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had suspected of being linked to children' deaths in Gambia