Uzbekistan arrests 4 over Indian cough syrup deaths

Uzbek state security service on Friday reported that Uzbekistan arrested four people in an investigation into the deaths of 19 children who consumed cough syrup made by Indian drug maker Marion Biotech. The state security service said two of the detained were senior employees of the Scientific Centre for Standardization of Medicines, who circumvented the proper testing procedures for the Doc-1 Max cough syrup. Two others were executives of the Quramax Medikal Company that imported the Marion Biotech drugs. Marion Biotech in December 2022 said shortly after the series of…

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