Cetirizine syrup from Pakistan banned over contamination

"Therefore, it is hereby publicly announced that the import, sale and use of any batch of this drug, this brand, is prohibited in the country from Sunday": MFDA

12 November 2023

Tainted Panadol batch prompts all-out ban

The import of the drug is restricted until the investigation is completed.

30 January 2024

U.S. investigating Elon Musk's Neuralink over hazardous pathogens

The incidents that involved potential breaches of hazardous material transportation regulations happened in 2019.

10 February 2023

MFDA lifts sale ban on Panadol

The alert added that the authority has informed the importers and sellers of the standards to be followed in the transportation and storage of the drugs.

22 February 2024

U.S. sends experimental antibody to Uganda for Ebola outbreak

MBP134 is currently being tested in early safety trials in healthy human volunteers, Mapp President Larry Zeitlin said in an email.

19 October 2022

Indonesia revokes firms' fever syrup licences -150 deaths

BPOM chief Penny K. Lukito told reporters the "oral liquid" manufacturing licences of the two companies is revoked.

2 November 2022

India's contaminated cough syrup not imported to Maldives: MFDA

A total of 66 children have died to date from these medicines and many more are being treated for kidney and liver problems.

9 October 2022

WHO warns of falsified cough syrup ingredients seized in Pakistan

"The propylene glycol materials identified in this alert are considered to have been deliberately and fraudulently mislabelled," the WHO said.

16 April 2024