WASHINGTON, DC – The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on October 10 that toxic cough syrups linked to the deaths of children in India had not been exported to the United States. The agency ...

The product, named Coldrif, was made by Sresan Pharmaceutical, based ‌in Tamil Nadu. "We took serious actions on serious non-compliances, and our belief is that the rot of cough syrup manufacturing ...

India’s drug regulator has inspected nearly 90% of the country’s cough syrup makers and found compliance lapses, its ⁠chief said on Monday (January 23, 2026), amid heightened scrutiny after India-made ...

Observing that codeine preparations exceeding permissible limits attract the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, the Allahabad high court recently denied bail to two accused ...

The Lucknow unit of the Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a man in connection with the illegal storage and smuggling of codeine-laced cough syrup for intoxicating purposes, STF officials said on ...

Bhopal: Toxic diethylene glycol (DEG), found in the cough syrup, Coldrif, beyond permissible limits, may be the key reason for the death of 25 children in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district in ...

Q: I have had an upper respiratory problem since late December. I tested negative for both COVID-19 and the flu, but I still have a hacking cough. I am not enthusiastic about cough medicine. Can you ...

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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued a health advisory warning against the use and distribution of three cough syrups believed to be responsible for the deaths of several children in ...

In India, this week, headlines capture the outrage. "Cough Syrup Horror" reads India Today. New Delhi Television Ltd or NDTV declares: "Toxic Cough Syrup Scare: What Went Wrong And Why All Syrups Aren ...