India probes cough syrup linked to Uzbekistan child deaths

Allegations echo Gambia scandal, casting new doubts on 'pharmacy of the world'

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Police officers are seen outside a Marion Biotech office in Noida, India, on Dec. 29. Uzbekistan says 18 children died after consuming the company's cough syrup. © Reuters

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- India has opened another investigation into cough syrup in response to Uzbekistan's claim that 18 children died after consuming an Indian drugmaker's product, nearly three months after a similar controversy in Gambia.

The Uzbek Health Ministry said this week that 18 out of 21 children known to have taken Dok-1 Max syrup made by India's Marion Biotech had died.

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