{"id":11740,"date":"2022-10-31T14:41:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T14:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=11740"},"modified":"2022-10-31T14:43:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T14:43:13","slug":"indonesia-revokes-firms-fever-syrup-licences-amid-probe-into-150-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/indonesia-revokes-firms-fever-syrup-licences-amid-probe-into-150-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia revokes firms&#8217; fever syrup licences amid probe into 150 deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesia revokes firms&#8217; fever syrup licences amid probe into 150 deaths. Indonesia\u2019s food and drug agency (BPOM) said on Monday it had revoked licenses of syrup-type drug production of two local firms for violating manufacturing rules, as it probes the deaths of more than 150 children due to acute kidney injury (AKI).<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes after Indonesia temporarily banned sales of some syrup-based medications and identified the presence in some products of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol as possible factors in the AKI deaths, most of which were of children under five.<\/p>\n<p>The two are used in antifreeze and brake fluids and other industrial applications but also as a cheaper alternative in some pharmaceutical products to glycerine, a solvent or thickening agent in many cough syrups. They can be toxic and lead to acute kidney injury.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/india-awaits-who-information-on-any-cough-syrup-link-to-gambia-deaths.html\">India awaits WHO information on any cough syrup link to Gambia deaths<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>BPOM chief Penny K. Lukito told reporters &#8220;oral liquid&#8221; manufacturing licences of the two companies, PT Yarindo Farmatama and PT Universal Pharmaceutical Industries, has been revoked, adding BPOM are pursuing criminal action against them.<\/p>\n<p>The two firms produced drugs with substandard raw materials, failed to report a change in ingredients and used some materials in excess of guidelines, Penny said.<\/p>\n<p>PT Yarindo Farmatama did not immediately respond to Reuters\u2019 requests for comment. A lawyer with PT Universal Pharmaceutical Industries declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia has seen a surge in AKI cases among children since August, which its health minister said was most likely due to changes in the raw ingredients used in cough and fever syrups.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia imports its raw ingredients for medicine mostly from China and India, according to the health ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said solvents used in the syrups from the two companies contained impurities.<\/p>\n<p>BPOM said on Monday one of these solvents, propylene glycol, was made by Dow Chemical Thailand. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>BPOM said it would look into distributors of the two drug makers to see if they supplied materials to other pharmaceutical firms.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia has been investigating AKI cases in consultation with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/\">World Health Organization<\/a> (WHO) following a similar incident in Gambia earlier this year, which has seen at least 70 deaths related to syrup medications made by India\u2019s Maiden Pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesia revokes firms&#8217; fever syrup licences amid probe into 150 deaths. Indonesia\u2019s food and drug agency (BPOM) said on Monday it had revoked licenses of syrup-type drug production of two local firms for violating manufacturing rules, as it probes the deaths of more than 150 children due to acute kidney injury (AKI). 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