The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has written to the state drug regulators asking them to ensure that drug manufacturers duly test the raw materials as well as the finished products before each batch is released into the market.

The move follows reports of deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh after consuming cough syrup.

“… During the inspections carried out at the manufacturing facilities and in the investigation of the drugs declared not of standard quality, it was observed in the reports that the manufacturers are not carrying out testing of each batch of excipients, or inactive and active pharmaceutical ingredients, for verification of compliance with prescribed standards before using them,” a letter sent on Tuesday by the country’s apex drug regulator to its st

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