Toxic Indian Cough Syrups Fail Quality Control Tests: Key Label Details To Check Before Buying

26 Jul 2024

The monsoon season brings a much-needed respite from the heat, but it also leads to unexpected bouts of cough, cold, and fever as our bodies adjust to the changing weather. While reaching for your trusted cough syrup might be the first step, recent information about these over-the-counter remedies warrants close...

Police seize over 95,000 bottles of cough syrup worth crores, 2 held

14 Jun 2023

Over 95,000 bottles of cough syrup totaling millions of rupees in value were confiscated by the Karimganj Police in Assam on Wednesday. Bhabesh Kumar and Saminur Islam were taken into custody in connection with the case. Police found and seized the aforementioned amount of cough syrup from three trucks, according...

Cough syrups made in India for export will be checked in government labs

23 May 2023

The Indian government has introduced new testing requirements for the export of cough syrups. Effective from June 1, exporters will need to obtain a Certificate of Analysis (CoA) from specified laboratories in order to export cough syrups. The designated laboratories include Indian Pharmacopoeia Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Commission, CDL Kolkata in...

Police confiscate 3000 bottles of cough syrup in Assam

09 Mar 2023

Police seized about 3000 bottles of cough syrup in the Karimganj district of Assam on Thursday. As per reports, the truck driver has been arrested by police in Churaibari, Karimganj district. Niranjan Das, who's in-charge of Churaibai police watch post, said the police team nabbed the driver as well as...

WHO still gathering information on Uzbekistan Cough syrup deaths

11 Jan 2023

After consuming medicines manufactured by Marion Biotech company Uzbekistan alleged that 18 children died on 22 December. In which WHO is gathering information regarding the incident. "We are in touch with the Uzbek authorities and are still in the process of gathering information and validating these reports." WHO said to...

“We are not selling anything in India”: Drugs flagged by WHO

06 Oct 2022

All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists said on Thursday that there is no supply of drugs in India by the Haryana-based firm that manufactured cough syrups flagged by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “substandard products".AIOCD said, “There is no supply of Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited drugs in India, they...

Following a WHO alert about India-made cough syrup in The Gambia, Modi government requests a report

06 Oct 2022

India has launched an investigation into the World Health Organization's claims that 'contaminated' cold and cough syrups caused 66 deaths in The Gambia. The WHO issued a medical product alert on Wednesday regarding four cough and cold syrups manufactured by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India. It went on to say that...