"It is clear that perhaps premature deduction was drawn on September 29th itself regarding the cause of death. Every subsequent alert or publication from the WHO only seems to be a reaffirmation of.
The Haryana State Drugs Controller has given the company 7 days to respond to its show cause notice, barring which the manufacturing licence may be suspended or cancelled and further legal action taken.
The WHO had linked four cough syrups - Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and MaGrip N Cold Syrup - manufactured by Maiden Pharma with deaths in Gambia.
The Haryana government suspended cough syrup production at a Maiden Pharmaceuticals facility on Wednesday, a week after the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the drug may be related to the deaths of scores of children in the Gambia.