Cough syrup scandal: India production halted after Gambia child deaths
A member of the Gambian Red Cross looks through sacks of cough syrups that have been collected
Maiden Pharmaceuticals broke rules "across its manufacturing and testing activities," Indian regulators found. This was "in view of the seriousness of the contraventions observed during the investigation and its potential risk to the quality, safety and efficacy of the drug being produced," they added.Maiden did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC.
The global health organisation also warned the products "may have been distributed, through informal markets, to other countries and regions" besides The Gambia.
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