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Over 100 Indian cough syrup samples fail quality tests, linked to deaths

Some of these collected samples contained the same toxins found in cough syrups linked to the deaths of children in Gambia, Uzbekistan, and Cameroon

Over 100 Indian cough syrup samples fail quality tests, linked to deaths
Updated On : 23 Jul 2024 | 10:42 AM IST

AFCON: Gambian soccer team makes emergency landing after plane loses oxygen

A plane carrying Gambia's national soccer team made an emergency landing after a sudden loss of oxygen during their flight to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. A chartered flight on Wednesday carrying the Scorpions returned to Gambia's capital Banjul after being airborne for nine minutes when the crew realised there were technical problems, Gambia's Football Federation said in a statement on Facebook. Upon landing, preliminary investigations indicated that there was loss of cabin pressure and oxygen, the federation said. The operating company for the flight, Air Cote d'Ivoire, is further assessing the situation to establish what caused the lack of oxygen and cabin pressure, it said. The players were on their way to compete in the Africa Cup in Ivory Coast, which begins on Saturday. This is the 34th edition of the biennial tournament, which was supposed to be played in June and July last year but was postponed to avoid Ivory Coast's tropical rainy season. Gambia's ..

AFCON: Gambian soccer team makes emergency landing after plane loses oxygen
Updated On : 11 Jan 2024 | 9:36 PM IST

Govt probe into bribery claim in toxic syrup tests nears completion: Report

Indian-made cough syrups have been linked to the deaths of at least 141 children in Gambia, Uzbekistan and Cameroon since last year

Govt probe into bribery claim in toxic syrup tests nears completion: Report
Updated On : 22 Dec 2023 | 10:04 AM IST

Gambia in advanced stage of exploring legal action over Indian cough syrup

Families of 20 of the children have already sued the two companies as well as Gambian authorities

Gambia in advanced stage of exploring legal action over Indian cough syrup
Updated On : 22 Jul 2023 | 7:19 AM IST

Poisoned cough syrup traced to India reveals lapses in regulation

From cough syrup to eyedrops to life-saving medications, quality lapses in one country can now endanger lives elsewhere as never before

Poisoned cough syrup traced to India reveals lapses in regulation
Updated On : 11 Jul 2023 | 7:21 AM IST

Gambia tightens drug import rules for India after mass deaths from July 1

A report by a team of international experts blamed tainted medicine from India for an outbreak of kidney failure that killed more than 60 Gambian children last year

Gambia tightens drug import rules for India after mass deaths from July 1
Updated On : 21 Jun 2023 | 9:16 PM IST

LIVE: UN Yoga Day celebration makes to Guinness World Record book

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LIVE: UN Yoga Day celebration makes to Guinness World Record book
Updated On : 21 Jun 2023 | 9:06 PM IST

Gambia tightens rules for Indian drugs after cough syrup deaths: Report

The new rule highlights how governments are reassessing their reliance on India's $42 billion pharmaceutical industry since the contamination came to light last year

Gambia tightens rules for Indian drugs after cough syrup deaths: Report
Updated On : 21 Jun 2023 | 8:01 AM IST

Gambia hires US law firm for action on toxic Indian cough syrup: Report

Gambia has hired a U.S. law firm to explore legal action after a government-backed investigation found that contaminated medicines from India were "very likely" to have caused the deaths of children

Gambia hires US law firm for action on toxic Indian cough syrup: Report
Updated On : 02 Jun 2023 | 7:20 AM IST

Amid US watchdog heat, it is life as usual at Global Pharma'S Chennai unit

The firm ran into trouble after the US FDA informed it of 55 cases of adverse events on the use of its eye drops, some of which caused permanent loss of vision and at least one caused death

Amid US watchdog heat, it is life as usual at Global Pharma'S Chennai unit
Updated On : 05 Apr 2023 | 4:21 PM IST

Cough syrups likely to blame for children's deaths in Gambia, CDC concludes

The new investigation strongly suggests that medicines contaminated with the toxins, imported into Gambia, led to the cluster of acute kidney injury among 78 children

Cough syrups likely to blame for children's deaths in Gambia, CDC concludes
Updated On : 03 Mar 2023 | 7:07 AM IST

Court orders jail for 2 Maiden Pharma execs for exporting substandard drugs

The company has denied its drugs were at fault for the deaths in Gambia and tests by an Indian government laboratory found there were no toxins in them

Court orders jail for 2 Maiden Pharma execs for exporting substandard drugs
Updated On : 28 Feb 2023 | 10:38 PM IST

After Gambia, now Uzbekistan alleges Indian cold drug killed its children

Noida-based Marion Biotech's Dok-1 Max anti-cold medicine under scanner after the Central Asian nation blames it for 18 deaths

After Gambia, now Uzbekistan alleges Indian cold drug killed its children
Updated On : 28 Dec 2022 | 11:20 PM IST

Patchy recovery: How 2022 swung from despair to hope to caution

Even as it grappled with new viruses, the human race hit another milestone

Patchy recovery: How 2022 swung from despair to hope to caution
Updated On : 28 Dec 2022 | 11:05 PM IST

Maiden Pharma cough syrup row: Gambian Parliament seeks legal action

WHO, however, said samples tested in Ghana and Switzerland were found to be contaminated

Maiden Pharma cough syrup row: Gambian Parliament seeks legal action
Updated On : 21 Dec 2022 | 11:17 PM IST

Gambia panel seeks Indian manufacturer's prosecution for cough syrup deaths

A parliamentary committee in The Gambia has recommended prosecution of an Indian manufacturer of cough syrups suspected of causing the deaths of at least 70 children in the West African country

Gambia panel seeks Indian manufacturer's prosecution for cough syrup deaths
Updated On : 21 Dec 2022 | 1:15 PM IST

Maiden Pharma seeks to reopen Sonipat plant after DCGI clearance

Health ministry sources say no immediate plan to allow plant to re-open, it was closed for non-compliance with GMP, not for contamination issues

Maiden Pharma seeks to reopen Sonipat plant after DCGI clearance
Updated On : 16 Dec 2022 | 11:25 PM IST

WHO stands by action of issuing alert against Maiden Pharma cough syrup

Asserts that testing done in labs in Ghana and Switzerland confirmed excess levels of contaminated syrups that are "dangerous and should not be in any medicine, ever"

WHO stands by action of issuing alert against Maiden Pharma cough syrup
Updated On : 16 Dec 2022 | 6:44 PM IST

Maiden Pharma's cough syrups are safe, WHO jumped the gun: DCGI

'Irreparable damage' to Indian pharma's global image, drug regulator writes to WHO

Maiden Pharma's cough syrups are safe, WHO jumped the gun: DCGI
Updated On : 15 Dec 2022 | 10:58 PM IST