Officials in The Gambia in disbelief after India gives a clean chit to Maiden Pharmaceuticals, which sold tainted cough syrups linked to the deaths of 69 children
Authorities in The Gambia have expressed shock and disbelief after New Delhi absolved an Indian pharmaceutical company whose cough syrups allegedly caused the deaths of 69 children in the African country earlier this year.
The Gambia, a West African country of 2.4 million people, doesn’t have a significant medical industry. The syrups were imported from New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals, which had run into quality control issues earlier too. “I have full faith in Indian regulatory and judiciary processes. I have not done anything wrong,” Maiden Managing Director Naresh Kumar Goyal told Reuters.
An independent board of enquiry constituted by The Gambian government has come to a similar conclusion, an official said. “A report they prepared has been sent to the government.” The four syrups – Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup – were all found to contain unacceptable amounts of DEG and EG, the health body says.
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