The WHO is seeking more information from six manufacturers in India and Indonesia on the specific raw materials used to produce the drugs linked to the recent deaths.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is investigating whether there is a link between the manufacturers whose cough syrup killed more than 300 children in three countries. a person familiar with the matter reuters Gave this information to Citing “unacceptable levels” of toxins in the products, the WHO is seeking more information from six manufacturers in India and Indonesia on the specific raw materials used to produce the drugs linked to the recent deaths . Along with this, it is also ascertaining whether these companies had received raw material from some of the same suppliers. Although WHO has not named any supplier.
A person familiar with the matter said the World Health Organization is also considering whether to advise families globally to use cough syrup more commonly for children. WHO experts are evaluating whether such products are medically necessary for children.
So far WHO has identified six drug manufacturers in India and Indonesia who produce the syrup. These manufacturers have either declined to comment on the investigation or have denied using the contaminated material. Reuters has no evidence of wrongdoing by the companies named by WHO.
WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said: “It is our top priority that no more children die from something that is preventable.”