Overview

• India’s drug regulator told WHO that Coldrif, Respifresh TR and ReLife tested positive for diethylene glycol contamination, with recalls ordered and production stopped.
• Officials in Madhya Pradesh reported two more child deaths linked to Coldrif, raising the toll to 22, with several children still under treatment in Nagpur.
• Sresan Pharmaceuticals owner G. Ranganathan was arrested in Chennai on charges including culpable homicide and drug adulteration and is being taken to Chhindwara for investigation.
• Tamil Nadu’s health minister said Sresan’s manufacturing license will be permanently revoked, the plant has been sealed, and two senior state drug inspectors were suspended for oversight lapses.
• CDSCO informed WHO that the identified batches were not exported, while WHO cautioned about risks from unregulated channels as multiple states banned sales and widened inspections.