India testing cough syrup linked to child deaths in West Africa
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India is testing a cough syrup produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals after the World Health Organization said the product has been linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia.
The WHO on Wednesday said laboratory analysis of four Maiden products - Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup - had confirmed "unacceptable" amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, which can be toxic and lead to acute kidney injury.
Diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol are used in antifreeze and brake fluids and other industrial applications but also as a cheaper alternative in some pharmaceutical products.
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