{"id":9511,"date":"2022-10-06T14:06:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moh.gov.so\/en\/?p=9511"},"modified":"2022-10-09T14:08:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T11:08:14","slug":"medical-product-alert-n6-2022-substandard-contaminated-pediatrics-medicines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moh.gov.so\/en\/medical-product-alert-n6-2022-substandard-contaminated-pediatrics-medicines\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Product Alert N\u00b06\/2022: Substandard (contaminated) pediatrics medicines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This WHO Medical Product Alert refers to four substandard products, identified in The Gambia and reported to WHO in September 2022. Substandard medical products are products that fail to meet either their quality standards or specifications and are, therefore &#8220;out of specification&#8221;[1].<\/p>\n<p>The four products are\u00a0<em>Promethazine Oral Solution,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Makoff Baby Cough Syrup,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Magrip N Cold Syrup<\/em>. The stated manufacturer of these products is Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited (Haryana, India). To date, the stated manufacturer has not provided guarantees to WHO on the safety and quality of these products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This WHO Medical Product Alert refers to four substandard products, identified in The Gambia and reported to WHO in September 2022. Substandard medical products are products that fail to meet either their quality standards or specifications and are, therefore &#8220;out of specification&#8221;[1]. 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