{"id":3025,"date":"2023-01-12T08:06:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T08:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:51:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:51:17","slug":"indian-syrup-manufacturer-halted-production-in-connection-with-death-in-uzbekistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/economy\/business\/indian-syrup-manufacturer-halted-production-in-connection-with-death-in-uzbekistan\/2023\/01\/12\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian syrup manufacturer halted production in connection with death in Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEW<\/span> DELHI<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span>Jan,12–<\/span> India’s<\/span> Medicines<\/span> Authority<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> investigated<\/span> a<\/span> facility<\/span> producing<\/span> cough<\/span> syrup<\/span> linked<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> deaths<\/span> of<\/span> 19<\/span> children<\/span> in<\/span> Uzbekistan<\/span> and<\/span> announced<\/span> further<\/span> action<\/span> based<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> findings.<\/span> He<\/span> announced<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> had<\/span> promised<\/span> to<\/span> take<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> legal<\/span> representative<\/span> of<\/span> Marion<\/span> Biotech,<\/span> the<\/span> Indian<\/span> manufacturer<\/span> of<\/span> Dok-1<\/span> Max<\/span> syrup,<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> company<\/span> regretted<\/span> the<\/span> death<\/span> and<\/span> stopped<\/span> production.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> regulator<\/span> is<\/span> reviewing<\/span> the<\/span> company’s<\/span> facility<\/span> in<\/span> Noida,<\/span> Uttar<\/span> Pradesh,<\/span> and<\/span> is<\/span> in<\/span> regular<\/span> contact<\/span> with<\/span> its<\/span> Uzbek<\/span> counterparts,<\/span> India’s<\/span> health<\/span> ministry<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement.<\/span>
\n<\/span>“A<\/span> sample<\/span> of<\/span> cough<\/span> syrup<\/span> was<\/span> collected<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> manufacturing<\/span> facility<\/span> and<\/span> sent<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> regional<\/span> drug<\/span> testing<\/span> laboratory<\/span> in<\/span> Chandigarh<\/span> for<\/span> testing,”<\/span> the<\/span> ministry<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>At<\/span> least<\/span> 18<\/span> of<\/span> her<\/span> children<\/span> have<\/span> died<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Samarkand<\/span> after<\/span> consuming<\/span> syrup<\/span> made<\/span> by<\/span> an<\/span> Indian<\/span> pharmaceutical<\/span> company,<\/span> Uzbekistan’s<\/span> health<\/span> ministry<\/span> said.<\/span> On<\/span> Thursday,<\/span> Uzbekistan<\/span> news<\/span> site<\/span> report.uz<\/span> reported<\/span> that<\/span> a<\/span> one-year-old<\/span> child<\/span> had<\/span> died,<\/span> citing<\/span> information<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> local<\/span> public<\/span> prosecutor’s<\/span> office.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Officials<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Samarkand<\/span> region<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> initially<\/span> report<\/span> the<\/span> deaths<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> ministry,<\/span> the<\/span> news<\/span> site<\/span> said,<\/span> citing<\/span> Health<\/span> Minister<\/span> Bekzod<\/span> Musayvand.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> report,<\/span> which<\/span> also<\/span> quotes<\/span> the<\/span> minister,<\/span> added<\/span> that<\/span> several<\/span> people<\/span> have<\/span> since<\/span> been<\/span> arrested<\/span> in<\/span> connection<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> registration,<\/span> importation<\/span> and<\/span> sale<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> drug.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> spokesman<\/span> for<\/span> India’s<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Affairs<\/span> described<\/span> the<\/span> country’s<\/span> pharmaceutical<\/span> industry<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> “reliable<\/span> supplier<\/span> to<\/span> countries<\/span> around<\/span> the<\/span> world”<\/span> and<\/span> said<\/span> such<\/span> incidents<\/span> were<\/span> “taken<\/span> very<\/span> seriously”.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Those<\/span> affected<\/span> by<\/span> legal<\/span> action<\/span> by<\/span> Uzbek<\/span> authorities,<\/span> including<\/span> Marion<\/span> Biotech’s<\/span> local<\/span> agent,<\/span> will<\/span> receive<\/span> “necessary<\/span> consular<\/span> assistance”,<\/span> Arindam<\/span> Bagchi<\/span> said<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> press<\/span> conference,<\/span> but<\/span> details<\/span> I<\/span> didn’t<\/span> touch<\/span> it.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Uzbekistan’s<\/span> ministry<\/span> previously<\/span> said<\/span> seven<\/span> staff<\/span> members<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> dismissed<\/span> after<\/span> investigating<\/span> the<\/span> matter,<\/span> and<\/span> “disciplinary<\/span> action”<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> taken<\/span> against<\/span> some<\/span> experts.<\/span> Dok-1<\/span> Max<\/span> tablets<\/span> and<\/span> syrup<\/span> were<\/span> also<\/span> recalled<\/span> from<\/span> all<\/span> pharmacies<\/span> in<\/span> Uzbekistan,<\/span> the<\/span> ministry<\/span> added.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Uzbekistan<\/span> case<\/span> follows<\/span> the<\/span> deaths<\/span> of<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> 70<\/span> children<\/span> in<\/span> The<\/span> Gambia<\/span> linked<\/span> to<\/span> cough<\/span> and<\/span> cold<\/span> syrup<\/span> manufactured<\/span> by<\/span> New<\/span> Delhi-based<\/span> Maiden<\/span> Pharmaceuticals.<\/span> However,<\/span> both<\/span> the<\/span> Indian<\/span> government<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> company<\/span> have<\/span> denied<\/span> wrongdoing.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>India,<\/span> known<\/span> as<\/span> ‘the<\/span> world’s<\/span> pharmacy’,<\/span> has<\/span> doubled<\/span> its<\/span> pharmaceutical<\/span> exports<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> past<\/span> decade,<\/span> reaching<\/span> $24.5<\/span> billion<\/span> last<\/span> year.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Dok-1<\/span> Max<\/span> syrup<\/span> contains<\/span> the<\/span> toxic<\/span> substance<\/span> ethylene<\/span> glycol<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> either<\/span> mistaken<\/span> for<\/span> cold<\/span> medicine<\/span> by<\/span> parents<\/span> or<\/span> given<\/span> to<\/span> children<\/span> in<\/span> higher<\/span> than<\/span> standard<\/span> doses<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> advice<\/span> of<\/span> pharmacists<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Uzbekistan<\/span> province.<\/span> \u00a0India’s<\/span> fertilizer<\/span> ministry<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> issued<\/span> an<\/span> order<\/span> containing<\/span> specifications<\/span> to<\/span> regulate<\/span> the<\/span> sale<\/span> of<\/span> ethylene<\/span> glycol<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> March.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI (Reuters)Jan,12– India’s Medicines Authority on Monday investigated a facility producing cough syrup linked to the deaths of 19 children in Uzbekistan and announced further action based on the findings. He announced that he had promised to take The legal representative of Marion Biotech, the Indian manufacturer of Dok-1 Max syrup, said the company […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[23,562,2407,2425],"tags":[723,724,725,726,727],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/UZB.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3025"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions\/3029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}