Three employees of a pharmaceutical firm Marion whose cough syrups were linked to the deaths of 19 children in Uzbekistan were arrested on March 3 in New Dehli, Reuters reports.
Indian police made arrests after a lab report found 22 drug samples to be of "poor quality and fake".
According to police, Marion’s head of operations and two chemists were arrested on the basis of a complaint received by an inspector of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), which investigated the company three times in December and once in January.
Indian government revoked Marion Biotech's license after the completion of the latest local investigation. Two Marion directors are reported to be out of the country and will be arrested upon arrival in India.
A total of 19 children (18 in Samarkand and one in Kashkadarya) died after consuming "Dok-1 Max" syrup produced in India.
The State Security Service of Uzbekistan opened a criminal case regarding this situation. The sale of all drugs belonging to the company that produced "Dok-1 Max" was temporarily suspended in the country.
Shavkat Mirziyoyev fired Sardor Kariyev, the Head of the Agency for the Development of the Pharmaceutical Network, at the meeting on December 30, 2022.
The tragic incident in Uzbekistan is not the only case of death linked to syrup. Similar cases were reported in other countries such as Indonesia and Gambia.
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