The Tamil Nadu government on Monday (October 13) has announced that the manufacturing licence of Sresan Pharmaceuticals, the company manufacturing the adulterated cough syrup Coldrif, has been completely revoked, and the firm has been ordered to shut down.

During an inspection, the state’s Drug Control Department found that the syrup contained 48.6 per cent of Diethylene Glycol (DEG), a highly toxic chemical.

The medicine has been linked to the deaths of several children in Madhya Pradesh.

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TN govt cancels Sresan Pharma’s licence

Officials also reported that the company failed to comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), recording over 300 major and c

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