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    Whatever happened to the case of 66 child deaths linked to cough syrup from India?

    Since the deaths in The Gambia, there have been additional charges that medicines made in India were contaminated and led to sickness. What has happened to the companies involved?
    by Kamala Thiagarajan Aug 31, 2023 5 minutes
    These cough syrups were collected in Banjul, the capital of Ghana, on October 6, 2022.

    In December 2022, the World Health Organization linked Indian-made cough syrups to the acute kidney failure and deaths of 66 children in the West African country, The Gambia. WHO's laboratory analysis said the cough syrups contained "unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol," chemicals often meant for industrial use." WHO called for manufacturers to check the quality of medical products to prevent this from happening. Shortly afterward, Indian authorities shut down Maiden Pharmaceuticals in the Northern Indian state of Haryana, near Delhi, where the medicines were manufactured. At the time, NPR spoke about the issue with Dinesh S. Thakur, a public health activist, and lawyer Prashant Reddy T, authors of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India. In this follow-up interview, we examine official responses to this and other

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