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The eye drops made in Chennai by Global Pharma Healthcare, linked to at least three deaths and blindness in some other patients in the United States, are found to be of standard quality , reports said on Tuesday.
Production of all ophthalmological preparations at Tamil Nadu-based Global Health Care was halted on Saturday pending investigations, after the US flagged one death and in all 55 adverse events, including loss of visions, due to the use of artificial tear drops manufactured at the facility.
After a Chennai-based pharmaceutical company was flagged by US authorities over lethal contamination in the eye drops, members of Tamil Nadu s Drug Controller and Central Drug Control Authority conducted a late-night inspection of manufacturing premises of Global Pharma Healthcare Private Limited, sources said.