Gambia tightens rules for Indian drugs after cough syrup deaths, letter shows
India's industry supplies nearly half of the pharmaceuticals used in Africa.
India considers testing cough syrups before export, reports say
India's pharmaceutical industry received a major jolt last year when cough syrups made by two companies based near New Delhi were linked to the deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia and 19 in Uzbekistan.
Indonesia bans cough syrup material linked to Gambia child deaths
The food and drug regulator says it is investigating the possibility that the ingredients, diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol, had contaminated other materials that are used as solvents.
