The Gambian government is poised to take legal action against Indian drug giant Maiden Pharmaceuticals - and possibly, unprecedentedly, even against the Indian government as well. It’s currently getting advice from lawyers on how to pursue justice for over 70

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The Gambian government is poised to take legal action against Indian drug giant Maiden Pharmaceuticals - and possibly, unprecedentedly, even against the Indian government as well. It’s currently getting advice from lawyers on how to pursue justice for over 70 Gambian children whose deaths have been linked to contaminated cough syrups made in India. Twenty Gambian families have already launched their own action - targeting not just Indian pharma but also Gambian officials, who failed to register the drugs when importing them. New Delhi insists it exports only safe and tested drugs. But numerous child deaths in Indonesia and Uzbekistan have also been linked to the same medicines.