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Rajasthan lab clears cough syrup earlier banned over deaths of 2 children

The Rajasthan government laboratory has given a clean chit to the sample of cough syrup (Dextromethorphan HBr Syrup) manufactured by Kaysons Pharma. The Rajasthan Health Department had earlier banned ...
Reuters

India makes tests mandatory for cough syrup export after overseas deaths

NEW DELHI, May 23 (Reuters) - India will make tests mandatory for cough syrups before they are exported, a government notice showed on Tuesday, after Indian-made cough syrups were linked to the deaths ...
Reuters

Cough syrup killed scores of children. Why no one has been held to account

In December 2019, Jafar Din’s two-month-old son Irfan was coughing and feverish. Din left their single-room home in the Himalayan mountains and traveled 10 km (6 miles) to the nearest pharmacy, where ...
Nasdaq

India to allow cough syrup export only after tests in govt lab - notice

NEW DELHI, May 23 (Reuters) - India will allow the export of cough syrups only after samples are tested in a government laboratory, according to a government notice. Any cough syrup must have a ...
The Conversation

Cough syrup can harm children: experts warn of contamination risks

The deaths of over 300 children in Africa and Asia in 2023 prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to warn about the use of “substandard and falsified” medical products. The organisation called ...