Illegal cough syrup case: ED raids in multiple locations in various statesThe Enforcement Directorate is conducting raids across several states in a money laundering investigation. The probe targets an alleged ill...
12 Dec, 2025, 11.06 AM IST
Cough syrup smuggling: UP govt books 12 more pharmaceutical firmsWhen a team went to investigate these 12 firms, they were either found closed or there were other shops operating at the same addresses, po...
29 Nov, 2025, 09.15 AM IST
Illegal cough syrup trade: UP Police book 12 medical store ownersAn FIR has been filed against twelve medical store owners and two individuals in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. They are accused of running a larg...
23 Nov, 2025, 11.33 AM IST
Varanasi police seizes 93,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup worth Rs 2 croreDCP (Varuna Zone) Pramod Kumar said that acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid at a warehouse in the Bhadwar locality and sei...
19 Nov, 2025, 10.40 PM IST
Over 18,000 bottles of codeine syrup seized; 2 men held from Madhya Pradesh, GujaratIn a significant crackdown, the police in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar have confiscated more than 18,000 bottles of codeine syrup, known for i...
15 Oct, 2025, 08.07 PM IST
Cough syrup advisory: Check names of three banned toxic syrups and five harmful ingredients parents should watch out forIndia has declared three cough syrups toxic following the deaths of at least 17 children. Investigations revealed high levels of diethylene...
09 Oct, 2025, 02.54 PM IST
Maharashtra: NCB busts interstate drug racket, seizes 3,600 Nitrazepam tablets, codeine syrup bottles in Thane, two heldThe Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an interstate drug syndicate, arresting two individuals at Kalyan Railway Station in Thane. T...
11 May, 2024, 06.57 AM IST
India bans 14 fixed-dose medicines for likely posing risks to healthThe Indian government has banned 14 types of fixed-dose combination (FDC) medicines due to a lack of therapeutic justification and potentia...
04 Jun, 2023, 08.04 AM IST
Govt bans 14 fixed dose combination drugs, cites they may involve risk to peopleThe expert committee said that there is "no therapeutic justification for this FDC (fixed dose combination) and the FDC may involve risk to...
03 Jun, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
Pfizer withdraws Corex syrup, extends line to new productsAccording to Pfizer, with this formulation, all additional line extensions will be introduced with all due regulatory approvals in place.
29 Nov, 2016, 01.41 PM IST
40% doctors disagree with government's recent drug ban list: SurveyNearly 40 per cent of doctors disagreed with the government's move to ban 344 fixed dose combination drugs, a survey said.
18 Mar, 2016, 07.25 PM IST
FDA seizes around 15,000 bottles of Codeine syrupOn orders of FDA Commissioner Harshadeep Kamble, the FDA team kept a watch and carried out a test purchase through a fake customer.
27 Oct, 2015, 07.17 PM IST
Ban proposed on drugs having serious side effects"There are variations in each individual in conversions of codeine to morphine and each individual reacts differently," Prof K C Singhal.
28 Oct, 2014, 01.08 PM IST
FDA cracks down on wholesalers for illegal diversion of ‘Codeine’The seizure affects only the syrup that contains codeine phosphate, a narcotic substance commonly used in preparation of cough syrup.
20 Mar, 2013, 11.03 AM IST
- Piramal Healthcare rethinks plan to set up new drug unit
Piramal Healthcare is reviewing its plans to set up a new unit to make codeine, the basic chemical used to produce best-selling cough syrup...
25 Jan, 2010, 01.31 AM IST
- Dr Reddy's, Piramal Healthcare get rights to make codeine
Dr Reddy's and Piramal Healthcare have obtained approval from the government to manufacture codeine, a narcotic that is key raw material fo...
24 Aug, 2008, 10.50 AM IST
- Pfizer, Nicholas Piramal hit by codeine shortage
Hit by the shortage of raw material codeine, India’s highest selling drug (in value) Pfizer’s cough syrup Corex has slipped to the eighth s...
18 Aug, 2007, 04.45 AM IST