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A team of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) and Haryana State Drugs Controller have collected samples of four cough syrups manufactured by Sonepat-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals over their alleged links to the deaths of dozens of children in west Africa.

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has sent the samples of the same batch of the four Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd-manufactured medicines, on which the WHO issued alert,

Roundup: Indian drug regulator probing cough syrups linked to Gambian kids death-

Haryana’s Health Minister Anil Vij said if samples failed to meet the standards, strict action will be taken against the company and its owners. Indias drug regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has already initiated a probe and sought further details from the WHO.

A team of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) and Haryana State Drugs Controller have collected samples of four cough syrups manufactured by Sonepat-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals ...

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has sent the samples of the same batch of the four Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd-manufactured medicines, on which the WHO issued alert, for testing and further course of action will be ...

The ministry said that the WHO informed the DCGI the national drug regulator of India that it is currently providing technical assistance and advice to The Gambia where children have died and where a contributing factor is suspected to be the use of medicines which may have been contaminated with Diethylene glycol or Ethylene glycol

In a press release, the Union Health ministry said that the four syrups were manufactured only for exports and not licensed for sale in India.

National Regulatory Authority, CDSCO has requested the World Health Organization (WHO) to share the report on the establishment of causal relation to death with the medical products manufactured by a Haryana-based company, Maiden Pharmaceutical Limited, a press release said.

As per the tentative results received by WHO, out of the 23 samples of these products which were tested, 4 samples were found to contain Diethylene Glycol/ Ethylene Glycol. The exact one-to-one causal relation of death has not yet been provided by WHO to CDSCO, it said.