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Kathmandu: In a major setback, Nepal has banned import of medicines from 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies including IPCA Laboratories, Cadila Healthcare, Baba Ramdev promoted Divya Pharmacy for...

The move comes after the WHO issued an alert on Indian-made cough syrups, which were allegedly responsible for the deaths of children in Gambia.

The Department of Drug Administration, in a notice issued on December 18 asked the local agents in Nepal, which have been supplying these medicines, to immediately recall them. Get more Companies News and Business News on Zee Business.

Nepal's drug regulatory authority has blacklisted 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies, including Divya Pharmacy which manufactures Yoga Guru Ramdev's Patanjali products, stating that they failed to comply with the World Health Organisation's (WHO) drug manufacturing standards.

Nepal's Department of Drug Administration has banned the import of medicines from 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies.

Nepals Department of Drug Administration has published a list of 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies, including Divya Pharmacy that manufactures Yoga guru Ramdevs Patanjali products, that failed to comply with the World Health Organizations (WHO) good manufacturing practices.

According to the notice issued by the Department, the medicines manufactured by the listed companies cannot be imported or distributed in Nepal

Nepal's Department of Drug Administration has published a list of 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies, including Divya Pharmacy that manufactures Yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali products, that failed to comply with the World Health Organization's ...

Publication of the list by the department, the national regulatory body of the drugs markets, both allopathic and ayurveda, means that medicines manufactured by those companies cannot be imported to Nepal, according to the Kathmandu Post daily.