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Andhra milk contamination: Toll rises to 14Tragedy has struck Rajamahendravaram, where fourteen lives have been lost due to suspected milk contamination. The victims reportedly exper...- MP Cough syrup deaths: ED attaches assets of Coldrif promoter in ChennaiThe Enforcement Directorate has attached two Chennai flats worth ₹2.04 crore belonging to G. Ranganathan, promoter of Sresan Pharmaceutical...
- India to force drugmakers to upgrade plants after fatal cough syrup crisisIndia has denied drugmakers more time to upgrade manufacturing facilities. This decision follows the deaths of at least 24 children from co...
- Pharmacy of the underworld: Are India's pharmaceutical regulations failing? The shocking deaths from contaminated cough syrup demand answersContaminated cough syrup, containing lethal diethylene glycol, caused child deaths in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, exposing critical flaws...
- 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...
- Cough syrup deaths: All you need to know about the caseA cough syrup named Coldrif has been linked to the deaths of 15 children. The syrup contained a toxic industrial solvent. Standard treatmen...
- Toxic chemical DEG found above permissible limit in cough syrup: Government test reportA government lab in Bhopal found 46.28% diethylene glycol (DEG), an industrial chemical, in a cough syrup sample linked to child deaths. Th...
- When children take toxic cough syrup, and liveIn November 2022, the WHO warned about dangerous levels of ethylene glycol in certain products. Over 200 children in Indonesia died of Acut...
- India seeks 'corrective action' from cough syrup firm linked to Uzbek deathsMarion Biotech, the Indian pharmaceutical company whose cough syrups were linked to the deaths of 65 children in Uzbekistan last year, will...
- India allows cough syrup firm linked to Uzbek deaths to re-open factoryIndia's Uttar Pradesh state has allowed Marion Biotech's factory, linked to cough syrups causing child deaths, to resume most production. T...
- India to mandate annual audit of pharma suppliers by drugmakersIndia is set to make it mandatory for drugmakers to audit their raw material suppliers at least once a year, following concerns over the sa...
- Lax testing fuelled wave of cough syrup poisoningsIn December 2019, tragedy struck the Himalayan mountains as Jafar Din's two-month-old son, Irfan, fell ill. Desperate to save him, Din boug...
- Indian firm Marion Biotech used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup: SourcesIndian manufacturer Marion Biotech used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient, propylene glycol (PG) which is a toxic material widely used in...
- 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...
- 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 drugs led to child deaths in Gambia: PanelThe report, submitted to the Gambian health ministry earlier this year and not yet made public, is the most definitive statement yet on the...
- Gambia deaths: US FDA issues alertThe FDA said manufacturers must perform the DEG and EG limit test on representative samples of each shipment of each lot of the component a...
- Mystery middleman may be new clue in Gambian deaths related to Indian cough syrupThe owner of Goel Pharma Chem, which Indian drugs regulator claims supplied the propylene glycol used by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in its coug...
- India needs a national drug recall law without further delay. Here's whyThe syrup was found by WHO to be adulterated with diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol. Such adulteration is not uncommon in India. ...
- WHO Alert: Regulatory body says syrups sent only to GambiaIn a statement on Thursday, the Union health ministry said the WHO had informed the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) that it was pr...
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