Tests of a cough syrup linked to deaths in Cameroon have revealed quality issues in at least one of five samples taken by Indian authorities, according to unnamed sources. Naturcold syrup, manufactured by Riemann Labs, is one of three Indian-made cough syrups implicated in the deaths of at least 141 children in Cameroon, Gambia, and Uzbekistan.
India s Uttar Pradesh state has allowed Marion Biotech s factory, linked to cough syrups causing child deaths, to resume most production. The World Health Organization (WHO) had linked Marion s syrups to the deaths of 141 children in Uzbekistan, Gambia, and Cameroon. The state drug controller stated that there were no known quality issues with other medicines produced by Marion.
India News: NEW DELHI: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has found that a cough syrup and an anti-allergy syrup made by Norris Medicines Ltd.