Made-in-India EzriCare Artificial Tears eyedrops are under the scanner by authorities in the US for being unsafe, and causing blindness in many, even death.
The CDC has expressed concern that a drug-resistant bacteria strain allegedly linked to eye drops imported from India could spread massively in the United States if proper measures are not taken immediately. TheHealthSite.com
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The samples of eye drops made by Chennai-based Global Pharma Healthcare - linked to three deaths and blindness in the US, are of "standard quality", sources in the Health Ministry told NDTV today.
On March 21, America's top health agency - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC - said it was probing a multi-state outbreak of an extensively drug-resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa - a type of germ that can cause infections in humans.