After cough syrup deaths, drug regulator moves to tighten rules on high-risk solvents; unlicensed village pharmacies also under scrutinyIndia's drug regulator is taking action after children died from contaminated cough syrups. They are looking into how to check the quality ...
19 Nov, 2025, 12.12 AM IST
Regulator to digitally monitor supply chain of cough syrupsIn a groundbreaking effort to enhance public health safety, India's drug regulatory authority has unveiled a digital tracking system for co...
22 Oct, 2025, 11.07 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
"Strict action will be taken against those responsible": MP Deputy CM Rajendra Shukla on Chhindwara cough syrup caseMadhya Pradesh Deputy CM Rajendra Shukla termed the children's deaths from Coldrif cough syrup "unfortunate," announcing a statewide ban af...
04 Oct, 2025, 09.39 PM IST
Cough syrup deaths: CDSCO launches risk-based inspection at manufacturing units of 19 drugsIndia's drug regulator, CDSCO, initiated risk-based inspections at 19 drug manufacturing units, including cough syrups, across six states f...
04 Oct, 2025, 03.19 PM IST
Tamil Nadu bans ''Coldrif'' cough syrup after child deaths in MP, RajasthanTamil Nadu has banned the sale of 'Coldrif' cough syrup, manufactured by a city-based firm, following suspicions linking it to 11 child dea...
04 Oct, 2025, 08.49 AM IST
RSS-affiliated body urges Centre to scrap mandatory cough syrup export testsLaghu Udyog Bharati (LUB) has appealed to the government to eliminate mandatory pre-export testing for cough syrups, citing delays and incr...
15 May, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
Govt waives testing of cough syrups for export to key marketsIndia has waived off mandatory testing of cough syrups for export to countries like USA, UK, and EU if their regulatory authorities have ap...
08 Oct, 2024, 11.40 PM IST
India orders Riemann Labs, linked to cough syrup deaths in Cameroon, to stop manufacturingLast month, the World Health Organization said a batch of cough and cold syrup sold in Cameroon under the brand name Naturcold contained ex...
01 Aug, 2023, 03.27 PM IST
WHO seeks help from India in latest toxic syrup caseThe World Health Organization (WHO) has asked the Indian authorities for help in establishing the origins of a contaminated cough syrup tha...
20 Jul, 2023, 08.32 PM IST
WHO says toxic syrup risk 'ongoing', more countries hitThere is an ongoing global threat posed by toxic cough syrups, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The U.N. agency has already named ...
16 Jun, 2023, 04.54 PM IST
Cough syrup exporters need to undertake product testing at govt labs from June 1"The export of cough syrup shall be permitted to be exported subject to export samples being tested and production of certificate of analys...
23 May, 2023, 06.34 AM IST
WHO warns against use of Marion Bio's two cough syrups"Two cough syrups made by India's Marion Biotech should not be used for children after the products were linked to 19 deaths in Uzbekistan,...
13 Jan, 2023, 12.13 AM IST
Noida company stops making cough syrup after Uzbek deaths claim; probe initiatedThe Drugs Controller General of India has initiated a probe in connection with the incident, and Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya sa...
30 Dec, 2022, 07.12 AM IST
Now, Uzbekistan links 18 kids' deaths to cough syrup from India" It was found that the deceased children, before admission to hospital treatment, took this drug at home for 2-7 days 3-4 times a day, 2.5...
29 Dec, 2022, 03.03 PM IST
Gambia child deaths: Haryana government halts cough syrup production at Maiden Pharmaceuticals factoryHaryana health minister Anil Vij told ANI that authorities inspected a Maiden factory in the town of Sonepat in the state and found 12 viol...
12 Oct, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
Locals clueless about Haryana factory producing syrups blamed for child deaths abroad"Humko toh nahi pata aisa hua hai. Shukar hai, humne kabhi dawai nahi li yahan se. (We are not aware of the development. Thank God, we did ...
07 Oct, 2022, 06.40 PM IST