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Central Drugs Body Revamps Testing Permissions To Fast-Track Drug Approvals in India
India's drug regulator Central Drugs Standard Control Organization has revised testing permission norms to speed up approvals. From June 1, 2026, companies can start lab testing immediately after application, a step aimed at reducing delays while mai
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What Is Stem Cell Therapy? Here's How Much It Costs For Conditions It Can Actually Cure
The Supreme Courts latest ban on the use of stem cell therapy for autism serves as a vital reminder that miracle cures often lack scientific backing. Here is a breakdown of what stem cell therapy actually is and how much it costs.
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Health Ministry Bans Nimesulide Oral Doses Above 100 Mg Over Safety Concerns
The government has banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of all oral formulations of pain and fever medications, containing Nimesulide above 100 milligrams in immediate release dosage form, with immediate effect.
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Why Are Codeine-Based Cough Syrups Regulated? Safe Use, Side Effects And Red Flags Explained
Codeine-based cough syrups are prescription medicines used to suppress severe coughs, but misuse and illegal trade have sparked law enforcement action in India.
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Rajasthan Medical Body Bans 7 Firms, 40 Medicines In 2025 For Substandard Quality
Rajasthan Medical and Health Department, intensifying its focus on strengthening healthcare quality and ensuring better services for the public, is adopting a zero-tolerance policy toward negligence or irregularities.
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Cough Syrup Linked To Child Deaths In India Not Shipped To US: Drug Regulator
The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children's deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States.
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Jharkhand Bans Cough Syrups Following Children Death In Other States
The Jharkhand government imposed an immediate ban on the sale and use of three cough syrups Coldrif, Respifresh, and Relife following reports of child deaths allegedly linked to the medicines in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, officials said.
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Kerala Bans All Medicines For Children Under 12 Without Prescription
The Kerala Health Department on Monday ordered that no medicines should be given to children under 12 without a doctor's prescription, a move taken in the wake of concerns over certain cough syrups.
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'Poison Fed As Medicine': They Had A Cold, A Cough Syrup Killed Them
16 children and a medicine that ended up killing them -- the cough syrup tragedy in Madhya Pradesh has exposed massive gaps in drug testing processes that led to children's deaths and left their families shattered.
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Kerala Latest State To Ban 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup After Unexplained Deaths
Kerala has become the latest state to suspend the sale and distribution of the cough syrup Coldrif, after reports from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan linked the medicine to the deaths of at least 11 children over the past month.
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Central Drugs Body Revamps Testing Permissions To Fast-Track Drug Approvals in India
India's drug regulator Central Drugs Standard Control Organization has revised testing permission norms to speed up approvals. From June 1, 2026, companies can start lab testing immediately after application, a step aimed at reducing delays while mai
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What Is Stem Cell Therapy? Here's How Much It Costs For Conditions It Can Actually Cure
The Supreme Courts latest ban on the use of stem cell therapy for autism serves as a vital reminder that miracle cures often lack scientific backing. Here is a breakdown of what stem cell therapy actually is and how much it costs.
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Health Ministry Bans Nimesulide Oral Doses Above 100 Mg Over Safety Concerns
The government has banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of all oral formulations of pain and fever medications, containing Nimesulide above 100 milligrams in immediate release dosage form, with immediate effect.
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Why Are Codeine-Based Cough Syrups Regulated? Safe Use, Side Effects And Red Flags Explained
Codeine-based cough syrups are prescription medicines used to suppress severe coughs, but misuse and illegal trade have sparked law enforcement action in India.
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Rajasthan Medical Body Bans 7 Firms, 40 Medicines In 2025 For Substandard Quality
Rajasthan Medical and Health Department, intensifying its focus on strengthening healthcare quality and ensuring better services for the public, is adopting a zero-tolerance policy toward negligence or irregularities.
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Cough Syrup Linked To Child Deaths In India Not Shipped To US: Drug Regulator
The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children's deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States.
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Jharkhand Bans Cough Syrups Following Children Death In Other States
The Jharkhand government imposed an immediate ban on the sale and use of three cough syrups Coldrif, Respifresh, and Relife following reports of child deaths allegedly linked to the medicines in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, officials said.
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Kerala Bans All Medicines For Children Under 12 Without Prescription
The Kerala Health Department on Monday ordered that no medicines should be given to children under 12 without a doctor's prescription, a move taken in the wake of concerns over certain cough syrups.
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'Poison Fed As Medicine': They Had A Cold, A Cough Syrup Killed Them
16 children and a medicine that ended up killing them -- the cough syrup tragedy in Madhya Pradesh has exposed massive gaps in drug testing processes that led to children's deaths and left their families shattered.
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Kerala Latest State To Ban 'Coldrif' Cough Syrup After Unexplained Deaths
Kerala has become the latest state to suspend the sale and distribution of the cough syrup Coldrif, after reports from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan linked the medicine to the deaths of at least 11 children over the past month.
