DCGI Plans Cough Syrup Plant Inspections Across India, Sets Stage for Licence Suspensions Written By Parthika Patel11 Oct 2026 1:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: The country's apex drug regulator is set to launch a focused inspection drive covering cough syrup manufacturing units across India this...
CDSCO Flags Toxic Solvents in Children's Syrups, Begins Industry Consultations Written By Susmita Roy17 May 2026 10:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a significant regulatory intervention, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has begun consultations with the...
700 plus cough syrup makers under scrutiny after child deaths in MP: Anupriya Patel Written By MD Bureau3 Dec 2025 3:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: Over 700 cough syrup manufacturers across India are under intense scrutiny following the deaths of 26 children in Madhya Pradesh after...
DCGI Orders Nationwide GMP Inspection Drive to Enforce Revised Schedule M Written By Susmita Roy12 Nov 2025 10:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has directed all states and Union Territories to immediately launch a nationwide inspection...
DEG impurity above limit found in another cough syrup, Haryana issues alert Written By Ruchika Sharma10 Nov 2025 4:00 PM ISTHaryana: Barely weeks after the ColdRif - linked child deaths in Madhya Pradesh shocked the nation, Haryana has issued a public health alert over...
Another tragedy in Chhindwara: Infant dies after taking Ayurvedic formulation Written By Ruchika Sharma1 Nov 2025 6:46 PM ISTChhindwara: Tragedy struck Chhindwara again after a five-month-old baby girl died allegedly after consuming an Ayurvedic cough syrup and a...
After Cough Syrup Deaths, IPC Issues Toolkit to Curb DEG, EG Contamination in Liquid Formulations Written By Susmita Roy18 Oct 2025 9:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: In the wake of multiple incidents of contaminated cough syrups containing Diethylene Glycol (DEG) and Ethylene Glycol (EG), the Indian...
Stricter regulations for Liquid Oral Formulations imposed in Telangana following fatalities Written By Ruchika Sharma16 Oct 2025 1:31 PM ISTHyderabad: In the wake of tragic child fatalities in Madhya Pradesh linked to contaminated cough syrups, Telangana's Drugs Control Administration...
J&K bans ColdRif, RespiFresh, Relif syrups amid health crisis Written By MD Bureau15 Oct 2025 12:30 PM ISTSrinagar: In a swift move, the J&K Jammu and Kashmir Drug and Food Control Organisation (DFCO) has imposed a ban on the sale, distribution,...
Toxic cough syrup deaths trigger crackdown on non-prescription drug sales Written By Sanchari Chattopadhyay13 Oct 2025 1:15 PM ISTBhubaneswar: The state government has issued strict directives to officials to prevent the sale of scheduled medicines without a...
Coldrif cough syrup banned in Delhi Written By Ruchika Sharma11 Oct 2025 5:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a move to safeguard public health, the Delhi government has banned the sale, purchase and distribution of Coldrif cough syrup after...
Toxic Cough Syrups: Tamil Nadu doctors criticise Govt's delay in alert Written By Adity Saha11 Oct 2025 3:00 PM ISTChennai: After the Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Tamil Nadu issued an urgent warning to stop using two cough syrups found to be...
