In a concerning revelation, data exposes that cough syrup samples from 54 pharmaceutical companies have failed export quality tests. Join us as we delve into the implications and potential health risks associated with these findings. Stay informed for your well-being.
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00:00 Recent government data reveals that a concerning 6 per cent of cough syrup samples from 54
00:05 Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers failed mandatory quality tests for export up to October
00:11 this year.
00:12 The Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) report, based on extensive sample
00:18 testings in states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh, exposes that
00:24 out of the 2014 samples, 128 or 6 per cent were deemed not of standard quality, an SQ.
00:33 This alarming revelation prompts a closer examination of the quality control measures
00:38 in place.
00:39 As per the data breakdown, the Gujarat lab reported 51 NSQ samples out of 385, while
00:47 the Ghaziabad lab found 29 out of 502 samples to be substandard.
00:52 Notably, the Union Commerce Ministry mandated through a May order this year that cough syrup
00:59 manufacturers must undergo government lab testing before exporting their products.
01:05 This directive came into effect after India-made cough syrups were reportedly linked to tragic
01:10 incidents of child deaths in several countries.
01:14 In a specific case from December last year, a cough syrup from Noida-based Marion Biotech
01:20 was associated with the unfortunate demise of 18 children in Uzbekistan.
01:27 The gravity of the situation was further underscored on October 5, 2022, when the World Health
01:33 Organization issued a medical product alert for four cough syrups.
01:38 Those four cough syrups were Promethazine Oral Solution, Coffex Maline Baby Cough Syrup,
01:44 Make-off Baby Cough Syrup and Magrib and Cold Syrup, manufactured and exported by Haryana-based
01:51 Maiden Pharmaceuticals.
01:53 Shockingly, the UN-body-linked Maiden Syrups led to the tragic deaths of 66 children in
02:00 the Gambia.
02:02 This unfolding scenario demands immediate attention and scrutiny, like it is taken this
02:08 time by removing 54 Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers and their data revelation.
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