India-made cough syrups

India-made cough syrups

A Bottle of Coldrif cough syrup is seen in Parasia, Madhya Pradesh, India, October 10, 2025. Photo: Reuters

India orders drugmakers to meet global standards by January after cough syrup deaths

The government had directed drugmakers in late 2023 to upgrade plants to World Health Organization-recommended norms, including measures to prevent cross-contamination and enable batch testing

Saddam Mansuri, the father of two, shows bottles of Coldrif, linked to the deaths of several children and a Relife cough syrup, which is not linked to any deaths, but Indian authorities have asked people to avoid it, which he had been giving his one-year-old child, in Parasia, Madhya Pradesh, India, October 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh/File Photo

WHO warns of contaminated cough syrups in India

A state health official sticks a notice outside the Sresan Pharmaceutical factory whose Coldrif cough syrup has been linked to the deaths of 17 children in Madhya Pradesh, in Chennai, India, October 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Praveen Paramasivam

Indian police arrest owner of cough syrup company linked to deaths of 17 children

People stand outside the Maiden Pharmaceuticals plant that was sealed by the Indian government officials in 2022, in Sonipat in the northern state of Haryana, India, February 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

India firm denies tampering with tests in probe of cough syrup deaths

Ebrima Sagnia prays at the graveside of his 3-year-old son Lamin in Old Yundum, Gambia, 1 November, 2022. Lamin died of Acute Kidney Injury in September 2022. In October, the deaths of more than 70 Gambian children from Acute Kidney Injury were linked by global health officials to cough syrups made in India and contaminated with ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol. REUTERS/Edward McAllister

India probes bribery claim in toxic syrup tests

Ebrima Sagnia prays at the graveside of his 3-year-old son Lamin in Old Yundum, Gambia, 1 November, 2022. Lamin died of Acute Kidney Injury in September 2022. In October, the deaths of more than 70 Gambian children from Acute Kidney Injury were linked by global health officials to cough syrups made in India and contaminated with ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol. REUTERS/Edward McAllister

India considers policy change after cough syrup deaths

FILE PHOTO: A cough medication is poured in this picture illustration taken October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Illustration/File Photo

WHO says contaminated cough syrup made in India found in Western Pacific

Logo of Marion Biotech, a healthcare and pharmaceutical company, seen on gate outside office in Noida on December 29, 2022. (REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis)

India may issue alert on Marion cough syrup exports after toxins found

FILE PHOTO: Logo of Marion Biotech, a healthcare and pharmaceutical company is seen on a gate outside their office in Noida, India, December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

Uzbekistan arrests four over Indian cough syrup deaths

Logo of Marion Biotech, a healthcare and pharmaceutical company, seen on gate outside office in Noida on December 29, 2022. (REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis)

Marion Biotech, cough syrup makers linked to Uzbek deaths, halts all production

FILE PHOTO: A cough medication is poured in this picture illustration taken October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Illustration/File Photo

Uzbekistan says 18 children die after consuming India-made syrup

FILE PHOTO: A cough medication is poured in this picture illustration taken October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Illustration/File Photo

India inspects drug factories as Gambia controversy lingers

FILE PHOTO: A cough medication is poured in this picture illustration taken October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Illustration/File Photo

Indonesia revokes firms' fever syrup licences amid inquiry into 150 deaths