The Indian government has ordered an investigation into four cough syrups after the World Health Organization (WHO) linked them to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia.
The Indian government has ordered an investigation into four cough syrups after the World Health Organization linked them to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia.
The regulator has also asked the WHO to share its report establishing the "causal relation to death with the medical products in question", the statement added. The WHO said that so far, the products have been identified in The Gambia, but that they may have been distributed to other countries through informal markets.The health body said it was "conducting further investigation" with the firm and Indian authorities.
Maiden Pharmaceuticals, which is based in the northern state of Haryana, exports its products to countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, according to Reuters.
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