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Uttarakhand CM launches state-wide crackdown on substandard medicines, pri
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Under the directives of Uttarakhnad Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Health Minister Dhan Singh Rawat, and as per the orders of Health Secretary and Commissioner, Food Safety & Drug Administration R. Rajesh Kumar, an intensive surprise inspection campaign is being conducted acro
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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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DCGI issues directive to states, UTs on strict compliance with drug testin
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In a letter dated October 7, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi emphasised the "critical importance of testing new materials, including the excipients, before their use in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical formulations."
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MP: CM Yadav orders suspension of 3 officials in Chhindwara cough syrup tr
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"The state government is vigilant and sensitive, and no negligence will be tolerated in matters concerning human life. Accordingly, Drug Inspector of Chhindwara Gaurav Sharma, Drug Inspector of Jabalpur Sharad Kumar Jain, and Deputy Director, Food & Drug Administration Shobhit Koshta
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MP CM Mohan Yadav meets families of Cough Syrup tragedy victims in Chhindw
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Addressing the reporters, CM Yadav said, "Today, I have come to meet the families who lost their loved ones in a tragic cough syrup incident in Chhindwara district. As soon as we received information about the incident, we took required action into the matter. Today also, I have given ord
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Uttarakhand: Senior official appeals to people "not to purchase any medici
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A day after Uttarakhand launched raids on medical stores across the state in the wake of children deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Additional Commissioner and Drug Controller Tajbar Singh Jaggi appealed people not to purchase any medicines without a doctor's prescription.
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MP: Death toll rises to 14 in Chhindwara cough syrup tragedy
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Dhirendra Singh said, "14 deaths have been reported to us. Compensation has been approved for it and the amount has reached their account. 8 children of Chhindwara are admitted to Nagpur hospital. A team has been constituted at the administration level to monitor them. Doctors and Executi
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"Diethylene glycol, a poisonous substance, was found higher than permitted
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Maurya further said that instructions have also been issued to inspect the areas and seize the stock where the medicine was supplied.
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Rajasthan bans distribution of all 19 medicines produced by Kaysons Pharma
Updated : 5 months, 1 week 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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Pharma factory in Tamil Nadu probed after 9 children die from consuming co
Updated : 5 months, 1 week 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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NCDC and State drug controllers begin probe into recent deaths of children
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The recent deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have been linked to a cough syrup, prompting an investigation and subsequent ban on the syrup's distribution.
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