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No contaminants found in cough syrup: MoHFW says investigating "all possib
Updated : 7 months, 4 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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NCB arrests international drug trafficker from Kolkata
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Kolkata arrested a notorious drug trafficker with a history of gold smuggling wanted in a seizure of a huge quantity of bottles of Codeine Based Cough Syrups (CBCS), officials said on Saturday.
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Bhopal Crime Branch recovers over 15,000 bottles of cough syrup containing
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"We received information that cough syrups containing banned codeine were stored at a place in Shahjahanabad locality in the city and are likely to be sold illegally. Acting on the information, we verified it and after that we raided the location where about 127 boxes having over 15,000 bott
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Drug regulator warns, bans use of cold, flu cough syrups
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Drugs general controller (India) wrote a letter on December 18, to all states and asked states and Union Territories to update the package insert of products made using a cocktail of two medicines chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine.
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How Safe are Cough Syrups for Diabetics?
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29: Coughing serves an important bodily function - it is your body's attempt to clear your airways of mucus or other irritants when changing weather, allergies, colds, flu or lung infections. A wet or dry cough takes a toll, causing discomfort and fatigue. The com
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Cough syrups made in India for export will be checked in government labs
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The government has notified new testing parameters for cough syrups to be exported from India and said these will require the production of a Certificate of Analysis (CoA) from specified laboratories
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Drugs standards body collects AMBRONOL syrup samples after WHO recommends
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
After the World Health Organisation (WHO) made a recommendation against using two cough syrups made by Noida-based Marion Biotech on account of their "substandard quality", Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation on Thursday collected four samples of AMBRONOL syrup for investigation.<
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WHO recommends not using two cough syrups of Noida-based Marion Biotech in
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a Medical product alert, WHO said the "substandard medical products", manufactured by Marion Biotech, "are products that fail to meet quality standards or specifications and are therefore out of specification."
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"Death of 18 children in Uzbekistan unfortunate": Indian mission expresses
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
"Embassy of India, Tashkent has been closely following the developments related to the unfortunate death of 18 children in Uzbekistan due to alleged contamination of the cough syrup Dok1 Max manufactured by an Indian company, Marion Biotech, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh," the Indian mission said in
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Indian pharma industry reliable supplier: MEA on death of 18 Uzbek childre
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
This comes as India is in contact with the national drug regulator of Uzbekistan regarding reports of Noida-based cough syrups allegedly linked to the deaths of 18 children in Uzbekistan. The health ministry said that there have been reports from Uzbekistan concerning contaminated cough s
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India in regular contact with Uzbekistan drug regulator, says Health Minis
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
India is in regular contact with the national drug regulator of Uzbekistan regarding reports of Noida-based cough syrups allegedly linked to the deaths of 18 children in Uzbekistan, said the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
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Gambia deaths case: Four cough syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals are o
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Centre on Thursday declared that four cough syrups, which allegedly led to the death of 66 children in Gambia, were of "standard quality".
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