Indian firm Marion Biotech used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup: SourcesThe company, Marion Biotech, bought the ingredient - propylene glycol (PG) - from trader Maya Chemtech India, as reported by Reuters. But M...
28 Jun, 2023, 07.21 AM IST
Indian labs to give 'top priority' to tests on cough syrup exports- RegulatorThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation's directive also said laboratories should issue test reports immediately, or as early as po...
24 May, 2023, 06.10 PM IST
India considers testing cough syrups before export: ReportIndia's health ministry is considering a proposal from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to test cough syrups for exp...
16 May, 2023, 12.43 PM IST
Cough syrup case: Marion Biotech licence cancelledThe decision to cancel the licence was taken after the Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory (RDTL), Chandigarh, which tested the samples of th...
23 Mar, 2023, 12.29 AM IST
UP drug controller cancels license of Marion Biotech in cough syrup adulterationThe UP Drug Controller has cancelled the license of Marion Biotech, the Noida-based manufacturer of the alleged contaminated cough syrup, l...
22 Mar, 2023, 04.10 PM IST
India prohibits use of propylene glycol from supplier linked to Uzbekistan deathsSoon after India suspended the pharmaceutical company's production. Police this month arrested three Marion employees after tests in a gove...
09 Mar, 2023, 04.44 PM IST
India may issue alert on Marion cough syrup exports after toxins foundPolice on Friday arrested three Marion employees and are looking for two directors after tests in a government laboratory found 22 of 36 sy...
04 Mar, 2023, 05.49 PM 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
WHO recommends not using two cough syrups of Noida-based Marion Biotech"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,...
12 Jan, 2023, 02.35 PM IST
Uzbekistan Cough Syrup Case: Marion Biotech's production licence suspended, test results awaited"The production licence of the firm remains suspended, as was ordered on December 29. Now the suspension order has been issued in writing t...
12 Jan, 2023, 12.30 PM IST
Test reports of cough syrup linked to Uzbek deaths yet to reach regulatorThe official declined to give a timeline for the test reports but said the drug controller has found lapses in documentation and other good...
06 Jan, 2023, 11.55 AM IST
Pharmexcil suspends membership of Marion Biotech for failing to provide information"You were asked to submit your response by the end of business day of December 29th, 2022. We regret to inform that Council is not in recei...
30 Dec, 2022, 03.56 PM IST
UP Drug Controller finds lapses in Marion Biotech's plant, halts productionThe UP Drug Controller who is probing the Marion Biotech's facilities that manufactured the alleged contaminated cough syrup linked to deat...
30 Dec, 2022, 12.32 PM 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
Noida offices of pharma company linked with Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths inspected by law enforcementOfficials say that the company, Marion Biotech, only exports the cough syrup - 'Doc-1 Max' - to Uzbekistan and does not sell the syrup in I...
29 Dec, 2022, 01.55 PM IST
Cough syrup deaths: Congress links Gambia incident with Uzbekistan, BJP hits back"Made in India cough syrups seem to be deadly. First, it was the deaths of 70 kids in Gambia and now it is that of 18 children in Uzbekista...
29 Dec, 2022, 11.45 AM IST