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Asia & Pacific 2 months ago
Rohingya survivors expect UN's highest court to find Myanmar committed genocide
Myanmar has denied accusations of genocide and said the 2017 offensive that forced at least 730,000 Rohingya from their homes and into neighboring Bangladesh was a legitimate counterterrorist operation.
Asia & Pacific 2 years ago
Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup
The company, Marion Biotech, bought the ingredient — propylene glycol (PG) — from trader Maya Chemtech India, as reported by Reuters. But Maya did not have a licence to sell pharmaceutical-grade materials and "dealt in industrial-grade only," according to a source at the firm with knowledge of the Marion investigation.
Middle East and Africa 3 years ago
PREMIUM
Indonesia wants to be part of Africa’s economy ‘success story’, says FM
Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi met her Gambian counterpart Mamadou Tangara and Guinean Transportation Minister Felix Lamah on two separate occasions in Jakarta on Tuesday, during which she reaffirmed numerous bilateral agreements between Indonesia and the two African countries.
Americas 3 years ago
US FDA joins global regulators probing tainted overseas cough syrup
In a statement, the FDA said it had no indication that contaminated syrups had entered the US drug supply chain, but it is "investigating the potential impact and scope of this hazard on FDA-regulated products." The agency recommended consumers only take medicines which were made to be sold in the United States, especially for children.
Asia & Pacific 3 years ago
WHO urges 'immediate action' after cough syrup deaths
In 2022, more than 300 children - mainly aged under 5 - in Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan died of acute kidney injury, in deaths that were associated with contaminated medicines, the WHO said in a statement on Monday.
Society 3 years ago
99 children dead from acute kidney injury this year in Indonesia
The rise in fatalities comes as Gambia's government probes the death of 70 children from AKI linked to paracetamol syrups used to treat fever, which contained excessive levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol.
