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Noida: The Food Safety and Drug Administration has canceled the drug license of Marian Biotech Pvt Ltd, a cough syrup based company based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. This action has been taken by the department because 18 children allegedly died in Uzbekistan after drinking cough syrup prepared by this company.
After this case came to light, 36 samples of the drug company were sent to the regional drug testing lab in Chandigarh for checking. Out of which 22 samples failed to meet the standards, several samples of cough syrup were found to contain high levels of Diethylene Glycol and Ethylene Glycol.
Along with this, profiling glycol was found in cough syrup, although it has not yet been confirmed whether children have died after drinking this cough syrup. Out of the 36 samples sent there, reports of 14 samples are yet to come.
After the failure of the sample, the Department of Pharmaceuticals had filed a nomination report against a total of five people, including company directors Jaya Jain and Sachin Jain, at the Phase-3 police station. Both of them are still absconding. Police says that both are being searched and they will be arrested soon.
Drug Inspector Vaibhav Babbar told that the State Authority has canceled the license of the pharmaceutical company. Its information has been given through e-mail. He said that after the matter came to light, the supply of the company’s medicine was stopped in January itself.
Please tell that in December 2022, 18 children died in Uzbekistan after drinking cough syrup of this Indian company. Since the incident, the Government of India along with the Food Safety and Drug Administration of Uttar Pradesh was investigating the matter. For which samples of the medicine were taken, and then a case was also registered against the company in Phase 3 police station.
