Over 100 Indian cough syrup samples fail quality tests, linked to deaths

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The report quoted an official as saying, “The manufacturers have been sensitised on the use of pharma-grade propylene glycol.

According to the report, the failures related to DEG/EG were attributed to an “unsecured supply chain and failure to test the propylene glycol bulk for DEG/EG, among others.

Cough syrup samples from over 100 pharmaceutical units in the country did not pass quality tests, according to a government report cited by The Economic Times.