Indian government laboratory finds 22 drug samples of Marion Biotech Pvt Ltd "adulterated and spurious".
Indian pharmaceutical company Marion Biotech suspended production after a cough syrup it produced was linked to the death of 19 children in Uzbekistan and is awaiting reports following an inspection.
New Delhi says it found no traces of deadly ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in Maiden Pharmaceuticals drugs.
Indonesia has seen a surge in AKI cases among children since August, which its health minister said was most likely due to changes in the raw ingredients used in cough and fever syrups.
Indonesia saw a spike in acute kidney injury cases this year linked to ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, same chemicals responsible for deaths of children in The Gambia.
The country's drug regulators investigates if the chemicals found in the syrups could have been behind the fatalities among children in Jakarta.
Gambia suspends "license of the suspected... importer" following deaths of 66 children in the small West African country that WHO says are possibly linked to four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India.
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