US EditionTamil Nadu Govt Revokes Manufacturing License for Coldrif Cough Syrup; Firm Permanently Shut Down
- On Monday, the Enforcement Directorate launched searches at seven Chennai premises linked to Sresan Pharmaceuticals under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, targeting residences and offices of senior Tamil Nadu Drug Control Department officials and the proprietor's home.
- Laboratory tests in Chennai confirmed Coldrif cough syrup contained 48.6 per cent Diethylene Glycol, a toxic solvent causing irreversible kidney failure when ingested.
- Regulatory inspections found Sresan Pharmaceuticals, licensed by the Tamil Nadu Food and Drug Administration in 2011, committed over 300 violations, including use of non-pharmaceutical grade chemicals and poor GMP/GLP practices.
- The Tamil Nadu government revoked Sresan Pharmaceuticals' licences and ordered its closure on October 13, 2025, while suspending two senior drug inspectors and arresting proprietor G. Ranganathan.
- The probe is focusing on the money trail and shell firms as the Enforcement Directorate registered a PMLA case while multiple states banned Coldrif and warned parents, sealing five medical stores.
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The Siasat Daily
ED raids Coldrif manufacturer, TNFDA officials
Chennai: The ED on Monday raided premises linked to Sresan Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Coldrif cough syrup that allegedly caused deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh, and top officials of the Tamil Nadu FDA as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. At least seven premises in Chennai are being covered by the Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. The action came a…
Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayIndia’s ‘pharmacy of the world’ under scrutiny as authorities raid pharma firm over toxic cough syrup linked to 19 child deaths
NEW DELHI, Oct 13 — India’s financial crime-fighting agency is searching seven sites on suspicion of money-laundering by Sresan Pharma, the cough syrup maker linked to the deaths of several children over the last month, a source told Reuters today.At least 19 children died in the central state of Madhya Pradesh after taking the syrup, banned after a test this month showed it contained levels of a toxic chemical, diethylene glycol, that were near…
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