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Government prescribes end to over-the-counter sale of cough syrupsEven in small villages with a population of less than 1,000, where certain remedies including cough syrups were allowed to be sold without ...
Centre mandates prescription for syrup-based medicinesChemists must now have a doctor's prescription to sell cough syrups. The government has changed the Drugs Rules, 1945. This stops over-the-...
Govt ends over-the-counter sales of all 'syrups'; mandates doctor's prescription for purchaseThe Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has mandated that all syrups, including cough syrups, are now prescription-only. This new r...
Drug regulator drafts guidelines on high-risk solvents after tainted syrup deaths in kidsIndia's drug regulator is creating new rules for dangerous solvents in children's medicines. This follows tragic deaths linked to contamina...
India's drug regulator inspected 90% of cough syrup makers, found lapses in some, official saysIndia's drug regulator inspected almost all cough syrup makers. Some companies showed compliance issues. This follows concerns after India-...
Around 90 pc of cough syrup manufacturers audited, expect to eliminate the 'rot' by next year: CDSO officialSpeaking at the 11th edition of the Global Pharmaceutical Quality Summit here, he also said that the companies' sites are now being audited...
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 ...
CDSCO to inspect cough syrup manufacturing unitsIndia's drug regulator is launching nationwide inspections of cough syrup manufacturers following child deaths allegedly linked to toxic sy...
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...
India finds quality issues with cough syrup linked to Cameroon deathsTests of a cough syrup linked to deaths in Cameroon have revealed quality issues in at least one of five samples taken by Indian authoritie...
India reveals more toxic syrups months after poisoning deathsIndian drug regulator has discovered that cough syrup and anti-allergy syrup manufactured by Norris Medicines are toxic, containing contami...
India finds lapses at cough syrup maker linked to Cameroon deathsIndia has found violations related to manufacturing and laboratory practices at drugmaker Riemann Labs, whose cough syrup was linked to chi...
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...
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 ...
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...
'No substantial proof to link Gambia deaths with syrup'A committee set up by India to investigate the "mysterious deaths" of children in Gambia blamed on cough syrups made by an Indian company h...
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...
WHO alert on cough syrups 'alarming', there are missing links that need to be probed: ExpertThe World Health Organisation on Wednesday issued an alert, saying four "contaminated" and "substandard" cough syrups produced by Maiden Ph...
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.
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.