Cough syrup deaths: Why drugs made in India are sparking safety concerns
India is one of the world's largest drug makers. Can the country's drugs be trusted?
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India is one of the world's largest drug makers. Can the country's drugs be trusted?
Dis contaminated medicine and deaths chook eye put India $42 billion drug manufacturing industry, half of di money wey dey come from imports.
The investigations into Maiden Pharmaceuticals’ cough syrups which led to the closure of manufacturing on the firm’s premises on Tuesday have left many questions unanswered.
An excerpt from ‘The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India’, by Dinesh S Thakur and Prashant Reddy T.
The WHO on October 5 issued a health alert against Maiden's four products - Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup, and Magrip N Cold Syrup. The world health agency said that to date, Maiden Pharmaceuticals had not provided guarantees to the WHO on the safety and quality of these products.