WHO flags contaminated India-made syrup in Iraq
The batch was manufactured by Fourrts (India) Laboratories Pvt. Ltd for Dabilife Pharma Pvt. Ltd, WHO said. | World News
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The batch was manufactured by Fourrts (India) Laboratories Pvt. Ltd for Dabilife Pharma Pvt. Ltd, WHO said. | World News
WHO said that contaminated common cold syrup found in Iraq last month was manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical company.
The World Health Organization on Monday (Aug 7) flagged a batch of contaminated common cold syrup, manufactured by an Indian company, the latest in a series of warnings by the agency about substandard medicines from the country. The United Nations agency said the batch of the syrup, branded Cold Out, found
A toxic cough syrup made in India and sold in Iraq is linked to deaths of dozens of children overseas, however, Iraqi and Kurdish health officials did not confirm or deny the syrup entered the country or not.
It’s the fifth time in a year that testing has found an Indian exporter’s drugs to contain excessive levels of ethylene glycol.