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Owner of Indian Cough Company Linked to Child Deaths Arrested
Owner of Sresan Pharmaceuticals arrested after 22 children died from kidney failure linked to toxic diethylene glycol in contaminated Coldrif cough syrup, officials said.
- On October 09, 2025, two more children died in Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, raising the death toll to 22.
- Laboratory tests found Coldrif cough syrup contained diethylene glycol , with Tamil Nadu analysis showing 48.6% DEG, which can cause acute kidney failure linked to several child deaths.
- Authorities sealed the Sresan Pharma manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday; nine children remain hospitalized in Nagpur, five in critical condition, after the contaminated cough syrup deaths.
- Following the deaths, the Madhya Pradesh government suspended two drug inspectors and a deputy director of the Food and Drug Administration and transferred the state's drug controller amid the probe, while states banned Coldrif, ordered recalls, and the Union Health Ministry instructed halts on sales.
- The incident has reignited concerns about drug safety and regulatory oversight in India’s pharmaceutical sector, while the Indian Medical Association and Chhindwara Chemist Association threatened strikes amid WHO scrutiny of Indian cough syrups linked to deaths in Gambia and Uzbekistan.
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AlKhaleej TodayIndian pharma boss arrested after toxic cough syrup linked to deaths of 21 children
CHENNAI, Oct 9 — Indian police have arrested the owner of a pharmaceutical company after a cough syrup made at his plant was linked to the deaths of at least 21 children, officials said today. Most of the children, all aged under five, died in Madhya Pradesh state over the past month after they were prescribed the syrup, which was contaminated with a deadly toxin.Cough syrups manufactured in India have come under global scrutiny in recent years,…
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