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The first meeting of the four-membered committee to examine the World Health Organisations report regarding Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd was held on Thursday.

The first meeting of the four-membered committee to examine the World Health Organisations report regarding Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd was held on Thursday. India-Made Cough Syrup-Linked Deaths in Gambia: Expert Committee Holds First Meeting To Examine WHO’s Claims on Maiden Pharmaceuticals.

The WHO had issued an alert on four India-made cough and cold syrups "potentially linked with acute kidney injuries and 66 deaths among children in Gambia".

The government on Wednesday constituted a high-level committee to examine all aspects related to the death of 66 Gambian infants and WHO’s October 5 alert in respect of four medical products manufactured by Sonepat-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals.

Development comes on a day the Haryana government ordered the halting of drug manufacturing at the Sonipat unit of Maiden Pharmaceuticals

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The government on Wednesday formed a four-member panel of experts to examine the details and adverse event reports received from the WHO on the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia being linked potentially to the four made-in-India cough syrups, official sources here said. India News | Govt Forms Panel to Study WHO Report on Deaths of 66 Gambian Children Linked to 4 Indian Syrups.

The Haryana state drug officials have listed glaring lapses that were spotted during the inspection of Maiden Pharma’s manufacturing facility, a firm whose cough syrup is linked to Gambian kids’ deaths.

A four-member committee of technical experts consists of Dr. Y. K Gupta, Dr Pragya D. Yadav, Dr. Arti Bahl and A. K. Pradhan to study the report of the World Health Organizations report on the death of several children in Gambia.

Earlier, the Haryana government ordered a halt of the total production of cough syrups from Sonipat-based company Maiden Pharma.

The WHO had issued an alert on four India-made cough and cold syrups