Made in India cough syrups linked to child deaths in Gambia: US CDC

The US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has linked the death of at least 70 children last year to medicines contaminated with Diethylene Glycol and Ethylene Glycol. The report suggests the cough syrups were likely to be manufactured by Indian Company Maiden Pharma that were imported into Gambia causing acute kidney injury cases among the children. The Indian Government gave a clean chit to Maiden Pharma in December last year.