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
WHO seeks Indian clarification over export of 'Coldrif' syrupThe World Health Organization is seeking details from India regarding a cough syrup linked to child deaths. Several Indian states have bann...
09 Oct, 2025, 02.45 PM IST
Cough syrup death cases: PIL in SC seeks immediate ban on medicine and probeA Supreme Court petition demands the immediate recall and ban of Coldrif cough syrup, manufactured by Sresan Pharma, following the deaths o...
07 Oct, 2025, 08.28 PM IST
Deadly cough syrup horror: What went wrong and how to identify safe oral suspensionsRecent reports highlight serious illnesses and deaths linked to contaminated ColdRif cough syrups in India, primarily due to toxic industri...
07 Oct, 2025, 06.56 PM IST
MP govt to bear treatment costs for children affected by contaminated cough syrupMadhya Pradesh government will cover all treatment costs for children suffering kidney infections from contaminated cough syrup. Fourteen c...
07 Oct, 2025, 03.37 PM IST
"Classical example of legal illiteracy": IMA on arrest of doctor in child deaths from contaminated cough syrupThe Indian Medical Association has condemned the arrest of a pediatrician in Madhya Pradesh following child deaths from contaminated cough ...
06 Oct, 2025, 11.29 PM IST
Delhi govt asks hospitals to follow Centre's advisory on rational use of cough syrups in childrenDelhi government has mandated all hospitals to strictly follow the Centre's advisory on the rational use of cough syrups for children. This...
06 Oct, 2025, 11.27 PM IST
Gujarat govt orders probe to check presence of harmful ingredients in cough syrupsGujarat ordered a probe into cough syrups sold in the state. This follows reports of child deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. These fa...
04 Oct, 2025, 08.26 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
Rajasthan cough syrup row: 11 child deaths trigger suspension of drug controller, Kaysons Pharma drugs pulled from marketThe Rajasthan government has suspended its drug controller and halted all Kaysons Pharma medicine distribution following 11 child deaths li...
04 Oct, 2025, 09.03 AM IST
'Contaminated' cough syrup linked deaths: NCDS collects water, entomological drug samplesNCDC collected water and entomological drug samples from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan after multiple children died of kidney failure, alleg...
01 Oct, 2025, 03.45 PM 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
More India-made cough and cold syrups under WHO lens"To date this situation has impacted more than 20 products with two countries of origin (India & Indonesia) and more than 15 different manu...
22 Jun, 2023, 01.17 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