India's drugs regulator told the WHO in December that the propylene glycol used in the syrups came from Goel Pharma Chem, a Delhi-based pharma-supplies company, and was "recorded to have been imported" from South Korean manufacturer SKC Co Ltd . Sharad Goel, whose eponymously named company is based in north Delhi, said he had bought the ingredient in sealed barrels – but not directly from SKC.
An unnamed
middleman in Mumbai provided a crucial raw material used in
Indian-made cough syrups that have been linked to the deaths of
more than 70 children in Gambia, a chemicals trader involved. | May 1, 2023
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NEW DELHI/LONDON - An unnamed middleman in Mumbai provided a crucial raw material used in Indian-made cough syrups that have been linked to the deaths of more than 70 children in Gambia, a chemicals trader involved in the supply chain told Reuters. The World Health Organisation said last year the syrups, made by Indian manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd, contained lethal.