The Tamil Nadu government found that the cough syrup Coldrif that killed around 11 children in Madhya Pradesh contained ...

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The Health Ministry has issued a nationwide warning urging parents not to give cough syrups to children under five, saying ...

In January of 2023, the WHO accused Indian cough syrups of causing the deaths of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan, defaming India, the Pharmacy to the world. The controversy was about the presence of ...

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DGHS warns against cough/cold meds for kids after 11 child deaths in MP & Rajasthan. Advisory urges avoiding such drugs under 5, strict dosing, and investigation into possible spurious syrups.

This finding, while a relief for the pharmaceutical sector, has broadened the scope of the probe to environmental factors, following the discovery of a leptospirosis case.

India’s drug regulator has ordered a sweeping crackdown on pharmaceutical units across the country after laboratory tests ...

Tests of cough syrups linked to the deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have found no toxic chemicals (DEG/EG). However, the investigation is ongoing and other possible causes are being ...

Recent child deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan raised concerns over cough syrup safety. Health authorities found no ...

CHENNAI: The state drugs control department has shut down a drug manufacturing unit in Kancheepuram district after a ...

Chennai: In the wake of the recent deaths of some children in Madhaya Pradesh and Rajasthan following consumption of contaminated cough syrup, manufactured near Chennai, the Tamil Nadu Drugs Control ...