India’s drug regulator has inspected nearly 90% of the country’s cough syrup makers and found compliance lapses, its ⁠chief said on Monday (January 23, 2026), amid heightened scrutiny after India-made ...

Q. I have had an upper respiratory problem since late December. I tested negative for both COVID and flu but I still have a hacking cough. I am not enthusiastic about cough medicine. Can you recommend ...

Observing that codeine preparations exceeding permissible limits attract the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, the Allahabad high court recently denied bail to two accused ...

The Lucknow unit of the Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a man in connection with the illegal storage and smuggling of codeine-laced cough syrup for intoxicating purposes, STF officials said on ...

Bhopal: Toxic diethylene glycol (DEG), found in the cough syrup, Coldrif, beyond permissible limits, may be the key reason for the death of 25 children in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district in ...

A 281-second telephone conversation connected two doctors across state lines on September 11, 2025. As children in Madhya Pradesh’s tribal-dominated Chhindwara district began falling ill after ...

Synopsis: Windlas Biotech fell 6% after receiving an FSDA show-cause notice, leading to the temporary suspension of its codeine-based cough syrup manufacturing. The affected segment contributed Rs ...

Q: I have had an upper respiratory problem since late December. I tested negative for both COVID-19 and the flu, but I still have a hacking cough. I am not enthusiastic about cough medicine. Can you ...

The department's drug inspection team took this action after irregularities were found during an inspection of the drug manufacturing unit, they said. During the inspection on Monday, officials from ...

Montreal Public Health officials are warning that a purple syrup in circulation, which mimics the appearance of cough medicine, is a fake product that could be lethal. The product, which looks like an ...

Montreal’s public health department is warning parents and teenagers about a fake cough syrup in circulation that’s laced with a highly addictive opioid and a depressant that can cause overdose deaths ...