Advisory comes after deaths were reported from Uzbekistan, Gambia after kids consumed cough syrups with high levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol supplied by Indian manufacturers
The cough syrup contained unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants, as per WHO.
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has stopped all manufacturing activities at Noida-based Marion Biotech.
CDSCO along with UP Drug Control Administration had carried out a joint inspection of Marion's Noida facility, says health minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
Uzbekistan is the second country after Gambia to link child deaths to India made cough syrups.
Maiden Pharmaceutical holds manufacturing permission for these products for export only, the government says.
