Indian citizen, director of Quramax Medikal company importing Doc-1 Max syrup into Uzbekistan, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was notably found guilty of corruption, tax fraud, as well as forgery and use of forgery.
86 children were poisoned in Uzbekistan between fall 2022 and winter 2023 after ingesting this syrup and 68 of them lost their lives. In Indonesia, another syrup with similar components caused the death of more than 200 children in 2022-2023.