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"Pharma company license will be permanently cancelled": TN health minister
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Earlier today, the Madhya Pradesh police arrested S Ranganathan, the owner of the Tamil Nadu-based pharmaceuticals company that manufactured the Coldrif cough syrup linked to 20 children's deaths.
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Madhya Pradesh police arrest Sresan Pharma owner over 20 children's deaths
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to Chhindwara SP, Ranganathan will be presented before the Chennai court today and will be brought to Chhindwara after securing transit remand.
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FAIMA writes to Union Health Ministry for investigation into child deaths
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a letter to the Union Health Minister on Wednesday, the association stated that the incident raised serious questions about the safety, quality assurance, and monitoring mechanisms governing the manufacture and distribution of pharmaceutical products for children.
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"Classical example of legal illiteracy": IMA on arrest of doctor in child
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Indian Medical Association has defended the arrest of a paediatrician amid child deaths from contaminated cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh and called the arrest "a classical example of legal illiteracy" of the police officials. The IMA further requested immediate action against the perpe
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Two children die in MP's Betul due to cough syrup
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
At least 14 deaths have been reported due to the alleged consumption of a cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara.
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"Immediate action should be taken": Congress' Ashok Gehlot on cough syrup
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday demanded immediate action over the deaths of children linked to cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh.
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Union Health Secy to hold video conference on rational use of cough syrups
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Several children have died after consuming Coldrif cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, prompting other states like Kerala and Telangana to issue public alerts banning the syrup.
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Rajasthan bans distribution of all 19 medicines produced by Kaysons Pharma
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Following multiple child deaths and illnesses linked to its cough syrup, the Rajasthan government has banned the distribution of all 19 medicines produced by Jaipur-based Kaysons Pharma. Additionally, the state has suspended its Drug Controller, Rajaram Sharma, for allegedly influencing d
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"Spoke of only 3 cough syrups whose test reports were recieved": Madhya Pr
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A total of nine children have died so far in the suspected cough syrup consumption case in Chhindwara district, said Dr Pawan Nandurkar, Associate Professor and Head of Paediatrics at Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences on Friday.
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No contaminants found in cough syrup: MoHFW says investigating "all possib
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
While the ministry clarified on possible contamination of cough syrups, a multi-disciplinary expert team is also investigating all other possible causes for the deaths, with samples of water, entomological vectors, and respiratory specimens also being investigated.
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Pharma factory in Tamil Nadu probed after 9 children die from consuming co
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The probe was initiated after Madhya Pradesh State Food and Drug Controller Dinesh Kumar Maurya requested the Tamil Nadu State Drug Control Department to inspect and take action against the Srisan Pharmaceutical Factory located in Kancheepuram.
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Death toll rises to 9 in Madhya Pradesh Chhindwara cough syrup consumption
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The death toll of children in the suspected cough syrup consumption case in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district has risen to nine, said Dr Pawan Nandurkar, Associate Professor and Head of Paediatrics at Nagpur Medical College.
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