The recent deaths of children in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, allegedly caused by contaminated cough syrups, have jolted India’s pharmaceutical regulators into action.

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has directed all state and Union Territory drug controllers to enforce strict compliance with drug testing norms under the Drugs Rules, 1945. Advertisement

In an advisory issued Monday, the CDSCO instructed that every batch of both active and inactive pharmaceutical ingredients must be tested before use. Inspections revealed several manufacturers were not conducting batch-wise testing, raising concerns about drug quality lapses.

“As per Drugs Rules, the licensee shall either in his own laboratory or in any approved laboratory test each batch or lot of raw material u

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