Posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2023. 3:06 pm CST.
By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern after several contaminated syrups and suspension medicines had been identified in countries in the WHO regions of the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia and the Western Pacific.
According to a Reuters report on December 7, the affected products were manufactured by Pharmix Laboratories in Pakistan and were first identified in the Maldives and Pakistan.
Some of the tainted products were also found in Belize, Fiji and Laos.
WHO noted that the medicines, liquids containing active ingredients to treat various conditions, contained unacceptable levels of the contaminant ethylene glycol.
WHO continues to warn about contaminated medicines made in India and Indonesia, which were linked to the deaths of around 300 children worldwide last year.
The World Health Organization continues to urge countries to to step up vigilance and test products made by the company between December 2021 and December 2022.
A total of 23 batches of Alergo syrup, Emidone suspension, Mucorid syrup, Ulcofin suspension and Zincell syrup are affected, the WHO said.
Only Alergo so far has been found outside Pakistan.
“The substandard products referenced in this alert are unsafe and their use, especially in children, may result in serious injury or death,” the WHO warned.
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