[ad_1] In the wake of the death of 20 children in Madhya Pradesh linked to a contaminated cough syrup, the Maharashtra FDA has launched a special drive to inspect and test liquid oral formulations stocked by hospitals and distributors. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) directed all joint commissioners and drug inspectors to immediately submit…
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association has defended the arrest of a paediatrician amid child deaths from contaminated cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh and called the arrest “a classical example of legal illiteracy” of the police officials. The IMA further requested immediate action against the perpetrators and adequate compensation for the bereaved families. The…
[ad_1] Central drug regulator, CDSCO, has initiated risk-based inspection at the manufacturing units of 19 drugs, including cough syrups and antibiotics, across six states following reports of child deaths due to the consumption of contaminated cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, the health ministry said on Saturday. The inspections by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation…
[ad_1] The government’s nodal agency for disease surveillance, NCDC, has collected water and entomological drug samples from hospitals and other sites in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan where multiple children have died of kidney failure following alleged consumption of contaminated cough syrup. The samples will be tested to rule out possible of any infectious disease. Once…