Drug Regulatory Autho­rity of Pakistan orders recall of nine ‘poisonous’ syrups

In the past two months, the regulator has found at least seven pharmaceutical companies involved in producing syrups with high proportions of Propylene Glycol (PG), a prohibited substance.

Drap CEO Dr Asim Rauf said nine more syrups, manufactured by five pharma companies, were found contaminated, taking the number of companies involved in producing contaminated syrups to seven.

According to a document issued by Drap, syrups manufactured by the companies PDH Pharma­ceuticals, Raazee Therap­eutics, Siza International, and others have been found to be contaminated.

The syrups include All­e­rphene, Zevirol, Texcol DM, Texcol EX, Virol, Torax DM, Bronyl and Speczine.

Earlier this month, the regulator seized a batch of PG imported from a Thailand-based company after detecting impurities.