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Central drug regulator Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has started a pan India drive to test, inspect and audit cough syrup manufacturers, official sources said .
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 been introduced for ensuring safety and maintaining standards in pharmaceutical products.
According to media reports, The Supreme Court agreed to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking inquiry and systemic reform in drug safety mechanisms in the wake of deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan allegedly due to consumption of toxic cough syrups.
A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and K Vinod Chandran took note of the submissions of PIL petitioner and lawyer Vishal Tiwari that the plea needed an urgent hearing.
