India has waived off mandatory testing of cough syrups for export to countries like USA, UK, and EU if their regulatory authorities have ap...

The proposal, which follows a representation from a stakeholder, suggests that testing at the prescribed laboratory may be waived for cough...

CDSCO mulls exempting cough syrups from testing before export to select countries. Quality concerns arose last year prompting mandatory tes...

A government report reveals that over 100 pharma units' cough syrup samples failed quality tests, showing the same toxins linked to child d...

Last month, the World Health Organization said a batch of cough and cold syrup sold in Cameroon under the brand name Naturcold contained ex...

India has suspended a drugmaker's manufacturing licence after the World Health Organization flagged contamination in its cough syrups found...

Indian manufacturer Marion Biotech used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient, propylene glycol (PG) which is a toxic material widely used in...

The company, Marion Biotech, bought the ingredient - propylene glycol (PG) - from trader Maya Chemtech India, as reported by Reuters. But M...

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya emphasised that India maintains a strict stance against counterfeit medications, leaving no room fo...

The intervention by the DGFT follows incidents where India-made cough syrups imported into Gambia were allegedly found to be contaminated w...

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation's directive also said laboratories should issue test reports immediately, or as early as po...

"The export of cough syrup shall be permitted to be exported subject to export samples being tested and production of certificate of analys...

India's health ministry is considering a proposal from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to test cough syrups for exp...

The decision to cancel the licence was taken after the Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory (RDTL), Chandigarh, which tested the samples of th...

The UP Drug Controller has cancelled the license of Marion Biotech, the Noida-based manufacturer of the alleged contaminated cough syrup, l...

"The production licence of the firm remains suspended, as was ordered on December 29. Now the suspension order has been issued in writing t...

Haryana health minister Anil Vij told ANI that authorities inspected a Maiden factory in the town of Sonepat in the state and found 12 viol...