Indian authorities have launched an inquiry into an allegation that a local pharmaceutical regulator, in return for a bribe, helped switch samples of cough syrups that the World Health Organization (WHO) had linked to the deaths of children in Gambia before the samples were tested at an Indian laboratory, according to two government officials and
Cough Syrup: A lawyer by the name of Yashpal accused Manmohan Taneja, the state s drug controller, of accepting a bribe of 50 million rupees ($605,419) from local manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals to assist it in switching the samples before an Indian government laboratory tested them in a letter to the Haryana state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on April 29. Haryana is the location of Maiden s factory.
In an April 29 letter to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Haryana, a lawyer named Yashpal accused the state s drug controller, Manmohan Taneja, of taking a bribe of Rs 50 million ($605,419) from local manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals to help it switch the samples before an Indian government laboratory tested them. Maiden s factory is based in Haryana state.
Indian authorities have launched an inquiry into an allegation that a local pharmaceutical regulator, in return for a bribe, helped switch samples of cough syrups that the WHO had linked to the deaths of children in Gambia, according to a Reuters report.