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Lul, yeah, that's definitely the cause here, not corporate greed.
If anyone's interested in reading more about the overseas drug industry, I highly recommend Bottle of Lies by Katherine Eban. >

Just picked up the audiobook, thanks for the recommendation! >


...batch of the syrup contained ethylene glycol...

Antifreeze killed kids, who would have thought? >

A spoonful of antifreeze helps the medicine go down... >

You’ve tried this yourself?? >

Nah man, Julie Andrews.  Don't consume antifreeze.  People are known to kill dogs and other animals with it due to its sweet taste. >

That's why modern antifreeze is required to have bitterant added >

I didn't know that but it makes sense that would be added >

At least 18 children have died in Uzbekistan after consuming a medicinal syrup manufactured by Indian drugmaker Marion Biotech, according to the Uzbek Health Ministry.
The ministry said 18 out of 21 children who took the Doc-1 Max syrup while suffering from an acute respiratory disease died after consuming it. It is marketed on the company’s website as a treatment for cold and flu symptoms.
A batch of the syrup contained ethylene glycol, which the ministry said was a toxic substance. The syrup was imported into Uzbekistan by Quramax Medical, the ministry said in its statement released Tuesday.
It also said the syrup was given to children at home without a doctor’s prescription, either by their parents or on the advice of pharmacists, with doses that exceeded the standard dose for children.
It was not immediately clear whether all or any of the children had consumed the suspect batch or had consumed more than the standard dose, or both.
Marion Biotech, Quramax Medical and India’s Health Ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request seeking comment. An Indian government source told Reuters the Health Ministry was looking into the matter.
India had on Tuesday launched an inspection of some drug factories across the country to ensure high quality standards. >

The FDA exists due to a poisoning with the similar Diethylene glycol in 1937. >

ethylene glycol strikes again. What's truly horrifying is that it's happened in the past. Corruption kills. >

Remember this shit when people want drugs and vaccines off patent so generics can be made in factories like this with these same standards. >

Quit licking the boot. If drug companies were forced to use ethics and didn’t exist to gouge instead of treat/heal, generics wouldn’t be necessary. Since they refuse to change and the govt refuses to act this is going to be the outcome. People will die, it will be unacceptable, and eventually we’ll get to manufacture the drugs here. This is all just slowing down the inevitable progress that NEEDS to happen if we want our country to be a viable 1st world country to live in. Quit trying to slow it down with them. Pharma doesn’t need your saliva it has cash.