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Unregulated 'innovation': India’s medicine problem

If India is the pharmacy of the world, it’s not doing a good job of providing safe products. A large number of children in the Gambia have recently died after ingesting cough syrup made in India. And in 2019, 11 children in India’s Jammu region died the same way. The…

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Deaths of Gambian children cast dark shadow over India’s drugs industry

The tragic demise of 66 children in the West African nation of Gambia as a result of the use of suspect cough remedies has brought into focus a dangerous aspect of India’s massive pharmaceutical industry.

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Cough syrup deaths: If media doesn’t hold the government to account, who will?

On a day when the biggest news story for most Indian newspapers was India’s almost miraculous win in their match against Pakistan in Melbourne in the ongoing T20 World Cup, one paper decided to make a non-sport and non-political story its page 1 lead.

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Exclusive: Jushi Partners With Lucas White's Drop4Drop Bringing Clean Water To 3k People In Gambia, India, Uganda & More

Vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis operator, Jushi Holdings Inc. (CSE: JUSH) (OTCQX: JUSHF) has partnered with Drop4Drop and funded seven different clean water projects in Gambia, India, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, and Uganda. The projects are expected to provi

Benzinga

Children’s deaths in The Gambia and Indonesia: What to know

Tainted cough syrups pulled from the shelves after they were linked to dozens of deaths.

Al Jazeera

COVID disrupted measles vaccinations in Africa and now cases are surging

Clutching an umbrella, medical records and her two-year-old daughter, Kani Fall negotiated the brown puddles lapping at the hospital gate, the final hurdle in a two-hour, rain-soaked journey to her nearest vaccination clinic in western Gambia.

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Indonesia bans sale of syrup medicines after at least 99 child deaths

Country investigating 206 cases of kidney injury that could be linked to ingredients in liquid medicines

The Guardian - UK

Indonesia bans syrup drugs after deadly kidney cases

JAKARTA: Indonesia has halted sales of medicinal syrup after 99 children died of acute kidney injuries this year.

Bangkok Post

Contaminated cough syrup from India linked to 70 child deaths. It's happened before

The World Health Organization has issued an alert about the deaths in the West African nation of Gambia. For context, we speak to the authors of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India.

WEKU

Indonesia bans cough syrup ingredients linked to child deaths

JAKARTA: Indonesia has banned ingredients linked to the deaths of 70 children in The Gambia from cough syrups as it investigates acute kidney damage that has killed more than 20 children in Jakarta this year.

Bangkok Post

Indonesia bans cough syrup material linked to Gambia child deaths

Indonesia on Saturday banned ingredients linked to the deaths of 70 children in Gambia from cough syrups in the Southeast Asian country as it investigates acute kidney damage that has killed more than 20 children in the capital Jakarta this year.

Reuters

Gambia says child deaths linked to cough syrup have risen to 70

Gambia's government on Friday said the number of child deaths from acute kidney injury, thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups, has risen to 70 from a previous toll of 69.

Reuters

India halts production at factory linked to Gambia 'cough syrup' deaths

In tonight's edition: The deaths of dozens of children in Gambia from suspected contaminated medicinal syrups sees Indian authorities shut down production at a pharmaceuticals company in Delhi. And the WHO hopes to start clinical trials for the strain of Ebola behind a deadly outbreak in Uganda. Finally, violent child…

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Gambia cough syrup-related deaths | CDSCO to examine Maiden Pharma’s role, Haryana sends notice to firm

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said that authorities inspected a Maiden Pharmaceuticals factory in Sonepat and found 12 violations of good practices, following which production was ordered stopped

Reuters

India finds violations at factory linked to Gambia children deaths -state minister

Authorities in India have stopped production of cough syrup at a factory linked to children's deaths in Gambia after they found violations, a state minister told Reuters partner ANI on Wednesday.

Reuters

Gambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by pharma firm

(This Oct. 11 story has been corrected to remove incorrect reference to pharmaceutical company based in United States in the first paragraph, and Atlanta in 4th & 5th paragraphs)

Reuters

Surge in Gambia child deaths linked cough syrup under control, president says

Gambia's President Adama Barrow on Friday said a surge in acute kidney injuries likely linked to a paracetamol syrup that killed dozens of children in past months was under control, with only two diagnoses in the last two weeks.

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Cough syrup deaths will impact India’s reputation of being ‘pharmacy of the world’, says Anand Sharma

Former Commerce and Industry Minister urges Centre to fix accountability

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India News terms WHO alert on cough syrup deaths a conspiracy against India

“Bharat ke khilaaf syrup waali saazish,” announced the headline on India News during a morning segment and panel discussion over a recent global alert – issued after 66 deaths allegedly linked to four India-made cough syrups in Gambia.

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Morning Digest | Cough syrups linked to death of children exported only to the Gambia; Nine booked for performing pooja at madrasa in Karnataka’s Bidar, and more

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The Times of India

Syrup shock: India has had own share of drug tragedies

MUMBAI: Some 66 deaths of children in Gambia after consumption of four cough syrups made by the Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals, the subsequent recall of the drugs by the West African country and a WHO alert have put the spotlight on quality monitoring and due diligence by companies, and the need…

Edinburgh Live

Parents issued urgent cough medicine warning after 66 children die in The Gambia

The World Health Organisation says the contaminated medications may have been distributed outside of the West African country, and global exposure could well be ‘possible’.

The Hindu

Gambia deaths | Pharma exporters body asks Maiden to share details

The incident has left a serious dent in the reputation of Indian pharma industry and exports, says Director-General

Evening Standard

Global WHO alert over India-made cough syrups after deaths

The syrups could be linked to kidney damage as well as 66 deaths among children

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