India pharma exports soaring despite cough syrup deaths
Senior pharma trade official Udaya Bhaskar says the country is too big a player for buyers to move away because of 'these aberrations' in Gambia and Uzbekistan.
India considers testing cough syrups before export, reports say
India's pharmaceutical industry received a major jolt last year when cough syrups made by two companies based near New Delhi were linked to the deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia and 19 in Uzbekistan.
Drugmakers scout for deals, ramp up research spending
Several top drugs have begun to face competition from new rivals or are expected to lose patent protections in the next few years, and deals could be a quick fix to address the loss of revenue from older therapies.
Indonesia finds local trader forged ingredient label in probe of cough syrup deaths
The trader of industrial-grade chemicals sold them as pharmaceutical-grade, leading to their use in medicated syrups that authorities suspect may have caused deaths of more than 200 children across the country.
China authorities take over medical supplies production as Covid surges
Pharmacies in major cities have been stripped bare in the wake of the Chinese government's sudden decision to lift years of lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing.
Indonesia families sue govt over cough syrup deaths, injuries
The Southeast Asian country has seen a spike in cases of acute kidney injury since August, with the deaths of at least 199 people, mostly children, prompting a probe and ban on some liquid medicine sales.
Indonesia revokes firms' fever syrup licences amid inquiry into 150 deaths
Indonesia has seen a surge in AKI cases among children since August, which its health minister said was most likely due to changes in the raw ingredients used in cough and fever syrups.
Probe into Gambia deaths linked to India-made cough syrup
WHO says the UN agency is investigating deaths from acute kidney injuries with India's drug regulator and New Delhi-based cough syrup manufacturer.
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