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According to Statista, in 2018, 23% of respondents in Germany reported that they had taken oral antibiotics in the previous 12 months.
In 2019 the pharmaceutical, Private Label sold 23 million units of cough and sore throat lozenges and syrups in the United States.
The Gambia has yet to confirm that toxic cough syrup was the cause of the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury.
The Indonesian Food and Drug Control Bureau (BPOM, acronym in Indonesian) He said this Monday that he had revoked the licenses for the production of cough syrup-type medicines to two local companies for violating manufacturing regulationswhile investigating the deaths of more than 150 children under the age of 5 due to acute kidney injury.
The president of the BPOM, Penny K. Lukito, announced that the licenses for the production of two pharmaceutical companies of medicines in syrup have been revoked. After the agency found evidence that they were producing drugs with dangerous chemicals like Ethylene Glycol (EG) and Diethylene Glycol (DEG).
BPOM had identified five syrup drugs suspected of containing dangerous ingredients such as: Ethylene Glycol (EG), Diethylene Glycol (DEG) and Ethylene Glycol Butyl Ether (EGBE).
Revocation of licenses in Indonesia for death of minors
They are Termorex syrup (fever medicine) produced by PT Konimex, Flurin DMP syrup (cough and flu medicine) produced by PT Yarindo Farmatama, Unibebi cough syrup (cough and flu medicine), Unibebi fever syrup (fever medicine) and Unibebi fever drops. (fever medicine) produced by Universal Pharmaceutical Industries.
The companies whose permits for the production of cough syrups were taken away are: PT Yarindo Farmatama located and PT Universal Pharmaceutical Industries. Penny Lukito reported that legal proceedings have already been initiated against these two companies.
Investigation of child deaths
Indonesia began investigating cases of kidney failure in children after the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert for the death of more than 60 minors for this reason in Gambia. The causes of death in The Gambia are suspected to be an oral solution, three cough and cold syrups contaminated with EG and DEG that were manufactured by the Indian laboratory Maiden Pharmaceuticals.
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