India will launch a national drive next month to boost drug quality checks after infant deaths from toxic cough syrups. Labs nationwide will get GC training to detect EG and DEG contamination.

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India faced intense international heat after over 100 children died due to contaminated cough syrups made by three pharma ...

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In a bid to ensure patient safety and ensure manufacture of quality products, all cough manufacturers should have in-house facility of gas chromatography (GC) which can effectively detect presence of ...

Under the new regulation, pharmaceutical companies must obtain a Certificate of Analysis before selling any cough syrup in ...

In 1989, Patricia Stallings' baby, Ryan, got so sick that the doctors suspected poisoning by antifreeze. Patricia, a mother ...

In the wake of multiple incidents of contaminated cough syrups containing Diethylene Glycol (DEG) and Ethylene Glycol (EG), the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has released ...

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