By, April 24 -- Thoboloko Ntsonyane
MASERU - The Pharmaceutical Department of the Lesotho Medicine Regulatory Authority within the Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued a statement calling for the recall of the affected batches of the Benylin Paediatrics Syrup amid toxicity concerns.
It said in the statement issued last week: "The Ministry of Health would like to notify all its stakeholders and the general public [that] it has received an alert from other agencies of Benylin Paediatrics Syrup manufactured by Johnson and Johnson following recent toxicity findings in the laboratory on the product."
Lesotho joins countries such as South Africa (SA), Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda in recalling this cough syrup while further investigations are being...