India to force drugmakers to upgrade plants after fatal cough syrup crisis

A bottle of Coldrif cough syrup and a prescription which Reema Yaduvanshi, 26, received from doctor Praveen Soni for her six-month-old son Kartik, in Parasia, Madhya Pradesh, India, October 10, 2025. The syrup was later banned, after it was linked to the deaths of multiple children, and is being recovered by community healthcare workers amid a door-to-door campaign to spread awareness and recall it. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh