DOH issues advisory on purchasing medicines
Medicines should only be purchased from legal and verified sources to avoid substandard drug products that put patients, especially children, at risk, the country’s top health official said this weekend.
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Medicines should only be purchased from legal and verified sources to avoid substandard drug products that put patients, especially children, at risk, the country’s top health official said this weekend.
The country's Food and Drug Administration advised the public against the purchase of four pediatric drug products found containing dangerous
The Food and Drug Administration has warned the public against the purchase and use of four contaminated pediatric drug products.
Sonepat-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals had exported 50,000 units of four cough syrups to Gambia, of which 41,000 have been recalled so far. However, over 8,000 units are still unaccounted for.
As per the tentative results of WHO's evaluation, out of the 23 samples of the products under reference were tested, of which four were found to contain Diethylene Glycol or Ethylene glycol.