NEW DELHI — India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh has permitted the resumption of most production at a factory owned by Marion Biotech, which produced cough syrups Uzbekistan linked to the deaths of 65 children last year, an order seen by Reuters shows. The firm is among three Indian companies whose cough syrups the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other...
Police is seen at the gate of an office of Marion Biotech, a healthcare and pharmaceutical company and a part of the Emenox Group, whose cough syrup has been linked to the deaths of children in Uzbekistan, in Noida, India, Dec 29, 2022.NEW DELHI — India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh has permitted the resumption of most production at a factory owned by Marion Biotech, which produced cough syrups Uzbekistan linked to the deaths of 65 children last year, an order seen by Reuters shows.
"The appeal of the manufacturing firm is partially accepted," the official, Shashi Mohan Gupta, said in the Sept 14 order. Tests in January by an Indian government laboratory found 22 samples of Marion-made syrups were "adulterated and spurious", the country's drug controller said in March. Speaking on condition of anonymity, two other sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters that the Marion factory remains closed for now, pending an inspection and a review of its paperwork.
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