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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cough is one of the most common reasons for visiting a doctor in India, yet in many outpatient clinics, it often gets recorded under the vague label of "unspecified." A large-scale study found that ...
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 ...
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 ...
Under mounting global scrutiny, India has cracked down on paediatric cough syrups, with the health ministry proposing to bar prescription of cough and cold medications for babies below two years of ...