India suspends another drugmaker's licence over tainted cough syrup

FILE PHOTO: Indian parliament building is reflected in a puddle after the rain as a man sweeps the water in New Delhi, India July 20, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has suspended a drugmaker's manufacturing licence after the World Health Organization flagged contamination in its cough syrups found in the Mashall Islands and Micronesia in April, the government told the parliament on Tuesday.

Indian regulators are inspecting drugmakers after cough syrups made in the country were linked to at least 89 child deaths in Gambia and Uzbekistan last year, which has dented India's image as the "pharmacy of the world" providing affordable drugs globally.