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"Instructions given against prescribing this medicine": Delhi Health Minis
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh announced stringent measures to address the recent cough syrup deaths case and instructed all the government and private hospitals against prescribing the Coldrif cough syrup, which is linked with the deaths of atleast 22 children in Madhya Pradesh's Chh
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Coldrif cough syrup deaths: Sresan Pharma owner Ranganathan sent to 10-day
Updated : 5 months ago IST
A Parasia court on Friday sent Sresan Pharma owner Ranganathan to 10-day police custody in connection with the deaths of children allegedly caused by the consumption of Coldrif cough syrup.
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"Govt conducting periodic inspections, taking follow-up action": TN Health
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Health Secretary's statement came after Madhya Pradesh Police arrested the owner of Sresan Pharmaceuticals from Tamil Nadu, in connection with the deaths of 20 children in the state, allegedly caused by the consumption of Coldrif cough syrup manufactured by the company.
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SC dismisses PIL seeking CBI probe into children's death in MP, Rajasthan
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking CBI investigation into the death of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan after consumption of toxic cough syrup.
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Assam Police seizes 21,600 bottles of illegal cough syrup worth Rs 2.16 Cr
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Assam Police have recovered and seized 21,600 bottles of illegal cough syrup worth Rs 2.16 crore in Assam's Cachar district, officials said.
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AIADMK's Palaniswami criticises TN Govt's "negligence" for cough syrup dea
Updated : 5 months ago IST
AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami criticised the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government for its "negligence" after 20 deaths of 20 children in Madhya Pradesh due to taking Coldrif cough syrup, manufactured by Sresan Pharmaceuticals, a Kanchipuram-based company.
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FDA Seizes Rednex Pharma stock in Pune After 20 Deaths linked to cough syr
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pune seized stock from Rednex Pharma worth Rs 13 lakhs, following the deaths of 20 children due to cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh.
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CDSCO to come up with robust system to keep check on cough syrup manufactu
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) sought a list of all cough manufacturing companies from all States. According to the sources, the CDSCO will conduct inspections, testing, and audits of all companies manufacturing cough syrup.
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"It's a shameful incident": BJP leader Annamalai slams Tamil Nadu Govt ove
Updated : 5 months ago IST
BJP leader K. Annamalai on Thursday strongly condemned the operation of Sresan Pharmaceuticals, the Kanchipuram-based company which manufactured the Coldrif cough syrup and is linked to the death of several children in Madhya Pradesh.
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"Tamil Nadu govt is not cooperating as it should," says MP CM Mohan Yadav
Updated : 5 months ago IST
"In Madhya Pradesh, children's kidneys were damaged, and some died after consuming cough syrup made in Tamil Nadu. Our police went to the location where the medicine was produced and arrested the pharma owner, but the Tamil Nadu government is not cooperating as it should. The drug control
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MP: Congress Chief Patwari holds state govt responsible for children's dea
Updated : 5 months ago IST
"It is the responsibility of the drug controller for sampling of each medicine every year and there is a rule of sampling of medicines. But in Madhya Pradesh, instead of sampling of medicines, signatures (referring to approval certificates without testing) are done. The drug controllers t
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SC agrees to hear PIL seeking CBI probe into children's death due to cough
Updated : 5 months ago IST
It sought direction from the Centre to set up a National Judicial Commission or Expert Committee to investigate the regulatory failures that allowed the circulation of substandard cough syrups, and to suggest robust measures to prevent such tragedies.
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