The World Health Organization has warned about contaminated Punjab-made cough syrup – Guaifenesin TG – that was found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia. This is the third such alert sounded by the agency over India-manufactured drugs in seven months
The Tamil Nadu state drugs controller said all products exported to the US and their raw materials are of standard quality, as per their lab report. The US FDA had pointed out 11 deficiencies related to non-sterility and quality control at the plant.
The alert by the World Health Organisation (WHO) over the deaths of 66 Gambian infants, suspected to have been caused by the consumption of contaminated cough syrups made by a Sonepat firm, Maiden Pharmaceuticals, has raised serious questions about the probity of drug manufacturing and regulatory pr