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Chennai: Indian state of Tamil Nadu has cancelled the licences of a cough syrup-maker linked to the deaths of several children over the past month, as authorities search some of the firm\u2019s sites on suspicion of money-laundering.<\/p>\nChennai: Indian state of Tamil Nadu has cancelled the licences of a cough syrup-maker linked to the deaths of several children over the past month, as authorities search some of the firm\u2019s sites on suspicion of money-laundering.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, at least 19 children died in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh after taking the syrup, which was banned after a test this month showed it contained nearly 500 times the permissible limit of diethylene glycol, a toxic chemical.<\/p>\n
The medicine was only sold domestically but the incident revives quality concerns about India\u2019s pharmaceutical industry, a major global exporter whose syrups were linked in 2023 to the deaths of 10 children in Cameroon, Gambia and Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe manufacturing licenses of Sresan Pharmaceuticals have been completely cancelled, and the company has been shut down,\u201d the state government said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Financial crime-fighting agency the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is searching seven premises linked to the company in Chennai, the state capital, on accusations of money laundering, Reuters cited a source as having said. Some of these are homes of top officials of the state\u2019s drug control office, said the source, who sought anonymity, as he was not authorised to speak to media.<\/p>\n
Last week, the World Health Organisation flagged India\u2019s \u201cregulatory gap\u201d in screening domestically-sold medicinal syrups.<\/p>\n
Indian authorities have also warned against consumption of two more syrups sold domestically, Respifresh and Relife, which were found to contain the same toxic chemical.<\/p>\n
These are made by Shape Pharma and Rednex Pharmaceuticals, based in the western state of Gujarat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chennai: Indian state of Tamil Nadu has cancelled the licences of a cough syrup-maker linked to the deaths of several children over the past month, as authorities search some of the firm\u2019s sites on suspicion of money-laundering. According to Kashmir Media Service, at least 19 children died in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t