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The company, Marion Biotech, bought the ingredient — propylene glycol (PG) — from trader Maya Chemtech India, as reported by Reuters. But Maya did not have a licence to sell pharmaceutical-grade materials and "dealt in industrial-grade only."
One of the Indian pharma companies, Marion Biotech, used industrial grade ingredient, used in making detergents, paints, for producing cough syrup, found Reuters in its investigation
Indian manufacturer Marion Biotech used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient, propylene glycol (PG) which is a toxic material widely used in products such as detergents and antifreeze, instead of the pharmaceutical version in cough syrups that were said to have poisoned 19 children in Uzbekistan. The company purchased the ingredient from trader Maya Chemtech India, which did not have a license to sell pharmaceutical-grade materials. Marion also failed to test the ingredient before using it in the syrups.
NEW DELHI: The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient rather than the legitimate pharmaceutical version, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The company, Marion Biotech, bought the ingredie
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient rather than the legitimate pharmaceutical version, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.