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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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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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"Our govt will not spare accused be it anyone," says MP CM Mohan Yadav on
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to reporters in Bhopal on Thursday, CM Yadav said, "In the Chhindwara cough syrup deaths incident, we had constituted an SIT which had nabbed the medicine manufacturing company owner. Our government will not spare the accused, be it anyone, and stringent action will be taken." Read More
WHO monitoring situation amid deaths of children from cough syrup in MP
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is closely monitoring the health situation in India amid clusters of pediatric illnesses and deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, a statement said.
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Maharashtra FDA raids Pune-based pharma unit after child deaths linked to
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Joint Commissioner (Drugs), FDA Pune, Girish Hukare, told ANI, "Following instructions from the State and Central governments, we have begun collecting cough syrup samples from across Pune. These samples are being sent to government laboratories for testing. So far, no stock of Coldrif co
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"Govt is very active in taking action in this matter": MP DyCM Rajendra Sh
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Deputy CM Shukla highlighted that the owner of the Tamil Nadu-based Sresan pharmaceuticals company, manufacturer of the Coldrif cough syrup due to which children died, was arrested, and he would be brought here on transit remand.
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