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Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths: 3 Marion Biotech employees arrested
Several Indian pharmceutical companies have been hauled up in recent times
for exporting spurious drugs causing deaths in countries like Gambia, Vietnam,
Indonesia, Uzbekistan and the US. India's massive drug industry, said to be
the world's biggest, has come under a cloud following these incidents.
NEW DELHI, March 4: The head of operations and two chemists of Marion Biotech
of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, were arrested on Friday on the charges of exporting
spurious cough syrups that killed 19 children in Uzbekistan a couple of months
ago.
Apart from Marion, several other Indian pharmaceutical companies have also been
hauled up in recent times for exporting substandard drugs and causing deaths
in countries like Gambia, Vietnam, Indonesia and the US.
Laboratory tests had found 22 drugs of Marion Biotech Pvt Ltd as adulterated
and spurious.
The arrests were made upon complaints filed by the Central Drugs Standard Control
Organisation (CDSCO), which investigated the case. Those arrested are Tuhin
Bhattacharya, head of operations, Atul Rawat, manufacturing chemist, and Mool
Sigh, analyrtical chemist.
Uzbekistan had said in a statement on December 27 last that its tests showed
syrups Ambronol and DOK-1 Max contained “unacceptable amounts of diethylene
glycol and /or ethylene glycol as contaminants.” The toxins led to the deaths
of the children.
“Both of these products may have marketing authorisations in other countries
in the region. They may also have been distributed, through informal markets,
to other countries or regions,” the WHO said. The drugs are “unsafe and their
use, especially in children, may result in serious injury or death”, it said.
Haryana's Maiden Pharmaceuticals' syrups also had contained the same lethal
ingredient, which caused 66 casualties in Gambia a few months ago. The WHO had
red flagged the company's products. However, Maiden denied th allegations. Maiden
had also been implicated in another case of export of harmful drugs to Vietnam
a decade ago for which its two executives were sentenced to jail last month.
India's massive drug industry, said to be the world's biggest, has come under
a cloud following the recent incidents.
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space age last month by launching the first manned private flight
to the edge of space, flying in his own spaceplane, has
invited everyone to join his expedition of space travel and
experience the thrill of totally losing your weight (BMI = 0) and enjoy
the mind-blowing sight of the earth's curvatures from the orbit far above: 
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then push the vaccine? Do you Aspirate?" When the vaccination
for covid started there were reports of worrisome incidents of
adverse events post immunisation, the serious complaints being
non-specific blood clots. These related to viral vector vaccines of
human and non-human source: AstraZeneca and Janssen. How
did it happen. There are various views. But here is a suggestion
how simply it can be prevented. 
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the losses in offerings during the corona lockdown, the believers
stick to their claim, they have seen it after all! The claim of
Shankaralinga temple resembles the miracle of Ganesha drinking
milk in Delhi way back in 1995. Although they belong to two
different branches of science. 
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