Experts recommend ayurvedic cough syrups for kids: “completely safe and effective”Amidst concerns over children's cough syrup safety, experts advocate Ayurvedic remedies as a safe and effective alternative. Following rece...
08 Oct, 2025, 04.52 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
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
Drugs regulatory body may waive testing requirement for cough syrups exported to certain countriesCDSCO mulls exempting cough syrups from testing before export to select countries. Quality concerns arose last year prompting mandatory tes...
23 Jul, 2024, 09.48 PM IST
Over 100 cough syrup makers fail quality testA government report reveals that over 100 pharma units' cough syrup samples failed quality tests, showing the same toxins linked to child d...
23 Jul, 2024, 12.05 AM IST
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...
04 Dec, 2023, 03.37 PM IST
Over 50 cough syrup makers fail quality testsLikewise, Central Drugs Testing Laboratory (CDTL) Mumbai analysed 523 samples, out of which 18 samples from 10 firms failed quality tests. ...
04 Dec, 2023, 12.07 AM IST
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...
02 Aug, 2023, 12.00 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
Cough syrup suspected of killing 12 kids in Cameroon might be Made in IndiaCameroonian officials suspect a cough syrup is the cause of a dozen children’s deaths and it appears to have been manufactured in India. An...
19 Jun, 2023, 06.54 PM IST
India probes bribery claim in toxic syrup testsThe bribery allegation was one of about half a dozen claims of corruption by Yashpal against Taneja in the letter. Yashpal alleged Taneja h...
13 Jun, 2023, 08.54 PM 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
'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...
24 Jan, 2023, 12.29 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
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
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...
08 Oct, 2022, 03.57 PM IST