AMMAN — The head of the
Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JDFA) assured the public that no pediatric medicines
available in Jordan fall under the recent World Health Organization (WHO)
warning, Al-Ghad reported on Monday.
اضافة اعلان
The WHO on Wednesday issued a medical product alert
for four contaminated pediatric medicines, the toxic effects of which could
lead to acute kidney injury and death, among other symptoms.
The contaminated products are Promethazine Oral
Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup, and Magrip N
Cold Syrup, manufactured by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd, the WHO said in the
alert. The organization also said that Gambia is the only country where the
medicines have been identified.
JFDA Director-General
Nizar Mhaidat stressed that these
specific drugs are not sold in the Kingdom, and that their manufacturer is not
registered in Jordan.
While medicines of the same scientific formula are
available, the ingredients and manufacturing processes involved in the creation
of those medicines is monitored and approved by the JFDA.
Mhaidat underlined that, whenever a product alert is
issued, the JDFA investigates the products involved, adding that the agency
follows up on all alerts and warnings from international pharmaceutical and
health authorities.
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