[ad_1] Production at a pharmaceutical unit in Indore has been temporarily halted after more than 200 deficiencies were found against established standards, a health department official said on Wednesday. Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr Madhav Prasad Hasani said that central and state government departments conducted a joint inspection of a pharmaceutical unit operated…
[ad_1] Two companies in Gujarat have come under the scanner for manufacturing toxic cough syrups containing Diethylene Glycol (DEG). The Food and Drugs Administration in Gujarat has issued a public alert, prohibiting the sale of certain batches of these formulations with immediate effect. The companies in question are Rednex Pharmaceuticals and Shape Pharmaceutical. According to…
[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…