Sat 15 October 2022:
Indonesia banned ingredients linked to the deaths of 70 Gambian children from cough syrups on Saturday, as the Southeast Asian country investigates acute kidney damage that has killed more than 20 children in Jakarta this year, Reuters reported.
BPOM, the food and drug regulator, also stated that it was looking into the possibility that the ingredients, diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, had contaminated other materials used as solvents.
INDIA TO INVESTIGATE DEATHS IN GAMBIA LINKED TO INDIAN-MADE COUGH SYRUP
Gambia and India are investigating the deaths from acute kidney injury in the west-African country thought to be linked to cough syrups made by New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
The World Health Organization has said it found “unacceptable” levels of the ingredients, which can be toxic, in four Maiden products.
“To provide protection to the public, BPOM has set a requirement at the time of registration that all medicinal syrup products for children and adults are not allowed to use diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol (EG),” the regulator said in a statement.
SAHPRA ISSUES WARNING ABOUT COUGH SYRUP LINKED TO CHILD DEATHS IN GAMBIA
The BPOM reiterated that the four products linked to the deaths in Gambia are not registered in Indonesia, nor any other Maiden products.
Medical officers in The Gambia raised the alarm in July, after several children began falling ill with kidney problems three to five days after taking a locally sold paracetamol syrup. By August, 28 had died, but health authorities said the toll would likely rise. Now 66 are dead, WHO said on Wednesday.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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