<span style="color: #222222;">The Centre has formed a four-member expert committee to investigate the report sent by the World Health Organisation, WHO on the deaths of 66 children in Gambia by consumption of cough syrups from Sonipat-based company Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited. The Expert committee will be chaired by Vice Chairperson of Standing National Committee on Medicines Dr Y K Gupta. Members of the Committee are Dr Pragya Yadav of ICMR – National Institute of Virology Pune, Dr Arti Bahl of Division of epidemiology, National Centre for Disease Control NCDC New Delhi and A K Pradhan, Joint Drugs Controller of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation CDSCO. Official sources said, the Government is alert and has formed a committee to investigate the report sent by the WHO. It said, production of cough syrups by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited has been suspended and lab report is awaited.</span><br />