Haryana drug firm under WHO scanner for supplying contaminated drugs

Maiden Pharma has manufactured and exported the products only to Gambia so far

Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceutical is under the scanner of India's drug regulator after the World Health Organisation (WHO) raised red flags, sources in the know indicated.  

On September 29, WHO informed the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) that it is currently providing technical assistance and advice to Gambia, where children have been suspected to have died where a significant contributing factor is suspected to be the use of medicines. The medicines may have been contaminated with Diethylene Glycol or Ethylene Glycol, something that has been confirmed in some of the samples by further analysis conducted by WHO.

A government source indicated that