The Sri Lankan Minister for Health, Maithripala Sirisena, has suspended all drug imports from an Indian company called Biomet Pharmaceuticals of India.
The decision was taken in response to the discovery of a fragment of glass in an intravenous Cloxacillin vial at Colombo South Teaching Hospital.
Six hundred vials of the drug were subsequently removed from hospitals and an inquiry ordered by the Ministry of Health.
Over 70% of pharmaceutical drugs used on the island are Indian imports.
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