Maiden Pharma denies tampering with tests in probe of cough syrup deaths
Contaminated cough and paracetamol syrups imported into Gambia almost certainly caused the deaths of 66 children due to acute kidney injury, according to an investigation led by the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Gambian scientists.
An Indian court has sentenced two pharmaceutical company executives to two-and-half years in jail for exporting substandard drugs to Vietnam a decade ago, months after the WHO linked their cough syrups to the deaths of children in Gambia.
DAKAR, Dec 20 (Reuters) - A parliamentary committee in Gambia said on Tuesday that India-based drug maker Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd was responsible for the deaths of at least 70 children from acute kidney injury and called on the government to pursue legal action.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday reiterated that its tests in Ghana and Switzerland had confirmed excess levels of ethylene and diethylene in India-made children's cough syrups that were available in The Gambia, contradicting the Indian government's claim.
Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Friday it will seek clearance to re-open its factory after an Indian government laboratory found nothing wrong in samples taken from syrups that the World Health Organisation had suspected of being linked to children's deaths in Gambia.
NEW DELHI: Announcing that samples of four cough and cold syrups manufactured by Maiden Pharmaceutical Ltd – an Indian firm – that were linked to the deaths of 66 children in Gambia have been found to be of standard quality, the government in a letter slammed WHO for failing to substantiate its charge that the India-made products caused the deaths in the African country.
The experts committee formed to investigate the mysterious deaths of children in Gambia allegedly due to cough syrups manufactured by a Sonipat based pharma company met today to review the evidence. However, the meeting was inconclusive, people in the know told ET.
Gambia's health regulatory authority has pointed out that 95% of deaths have hap ..