In the wake of child deaths linked to allegedly contaminated cough syrups, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has launched a pan-India drive to audit, inspect, and ensure compliance by cough syrup manufacturers, urging states to submit their company lists

New Delhi: Central drug regulator CDSCO has started a pan-India drive to test, inspect and audit cough syrup manufacturers, official sources said on Thursday.

It has also asked all States and Union Territories to provide a list of cough syrup manufacturing companies for auditing.

This comes in the wake of children deaths allegedly due to the consumption of contaminated cough syrups.

The sources further said that no State so far has fully complied with Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) guidelines which have

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