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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 ...
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...
Deepa Jewellers, Cotec Healthcare receive Sebi approval for IPOsDeepa Jewellers, a B2B hallmarked gold jewellery processor based in Hyderabad, and Cotec Healthcare, a pharmaceutical CDMO, both received S...
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 ...
India flags testing lapses at pharma firms after cough syrups deathsIndia's drug regulator revealed serious lapses in pharmaceutical firms failing to test medicinal ingredients, following the deaths of 17 ch...
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...
Maharashtra bans Coldrif cough syrup batch over safety concernsThe Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sunday ordered an immediate halt to the sale, distribution, and use of Coldrif cough ...
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...
Police bust 'alcoholic ayurvedic syrup factory' in Punjab, bottles were sold through paan shops in GujaratThe police in Devbhumi Dwarka have shut down a factory in Punjab that was producing alcoholic ayurvedic syrup exclusively for the Gujarat 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 ...
India bans 14 fixed-dose medicines for likely posing risks to healthThe Indian government has banned 14 types of fixed-dose combination (FDC) medicines due to a lack of therapeutic justification and potentia...
Govt bans 14 fixed dose combination drugs, cites they may involve risk to peopleThe expert committee said that there is "no therapeutic justification for this FDC (fixed dose combination) and the FDC may involve risk to...
Cough syrup deaths: DCGI directs drug manufacturers not to use propylene glycol supplied by Delhi firmThree employees of Marion Biotech were arrested on charges of manufacture and sale of adulterated drugs.
WHO investigating links among cough syrup deaths, considers advice for parentsCiting "unacceptable levels" of toxins in the products, the WHO is seeking more information about the specific raw materials used by six ma...
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...
SC for relook into 349 FDC medicines by drug advisory boardThe FDC were banned by the Centre on the grounds that they involved "risk" to humans and safer alternatives were available.
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.
HC to resume hearing on pharma cos' pleas against Centre's orderThe companies have contended that the decision was taken by the government without issuing them a show cause notice or granting them a hear...
Centre ban on FDCs: Procter and Gamble, Glenmark, Reckitt Benckiser too get Delhi High Court reliefAs a result of the court's order, the ban on sale of P&G's Vicks Action 500 extra, Reckitt's D'Cold and Piramal's Saridon have been lifted ...
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.