UAE bans this popular cough syrup

Agencies

March 6, 2019

Dubai, Mar 6: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has removed the popular cough syrup Sedofan from the UAE market for not complying with product specifications.

Sedofan syrup is used in the treatment of cough and upper respiratory ailments.

After a sample analysis of the product, authorities found that the proportion of the active ingredient Triprolidine hydrochloride was lower than the approved requirement.

In a circular issued on Tuesday, the ministry of health requested all pharmacies and healthcare professionals to return unopened stock to suppliers.

The product was manufactured by the Ras Al Khaimah-based company Julphar Gulf Pharmaceuticals.

“Healthcare professionals are requested to report any adverse events or side effects associated with the use of the product,” according to the circular.

In the event of any side effects resulting from the use of any product or medical device, customers should contact the Ministry on the telephone numbers 04-2301448, fax 04-2301947 or email [email protected].

The ministry also withdrew and suspended the sale of tablets used in the treatment for leukemia following the discovery of counterfeit products in the market.

Dr Ameen Hussain Al Amiri, assistant undersecretary for Licencing and Public Health Policy at the ministry, issued Circular No. 3283 against the use of the ICLUSIG 45mg tablets.

According to the circular, the ministry clarified that the World Health Organisation had previously issued a warning against the spread of counterfeit medicines, and that the fake medicine contained paracetamol instead of the active ingredient Ponatinib Hydrochloride.

The ministry explained that two batches were available in the country – batch numbers PR072875 and PR0834170 – which expired in December 2019 and May 2020 respectively.

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UN condemns Israeli regime’s ‘organized torture’ against Palestinians

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November 30,2025

The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has condemned the Israeli regime for enforcing a policy of “organized torture” against Palestinians.

In a report published on Friday, CAT stated that the occupying regime enforces a deliberate policy of “organized and widespread torture and ill-treatment” against Palestinian abductees, particularly since October 7, 2023, when Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza.

The committee expressed “deep concern over repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, water-boarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence” inflicted on Palestinians.

Palestinian prisoners were degraded by “being made to act like animals or being urinated on,” systematically denied medical care, and subjected to excessive restraints, “in some cases resulting in amputation,” the report added.

CAT also condemned the routine application of “unlawful combatants law” to justify the prolonged detention without trial of thousands of Palestinian men, women, and children.

More than 10,000 Palestinians, including women and children, are currently held in Israeli prisons, according to Palestinian and international human rights groups, with 3,474 Palestinians in “administrative detention,” meaning they are imprisoned without trial for indefinite periods.

The report highlighted the “high proportion of children who are currently detained without charge or on remand,” noting that while Israel sets the age of criminal responsibility at 12, even younger children have been abducted.

Children designated as security prisoners face severe restrictions on family contact, may be subjected to solitary confinement, and are denied access to education, in clear violation of international law.

The committee further suggested that Israel’s policies across the Occupied Territories constitute collective torture against the Palestinian population.

“A range of policies adopted by Israel in the course of its continued unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading living conditions for the Palestinian population,” the report said.

On Thursday, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas condemned the systematic killing and torture of Palestinian abductees in Israeli prisons, urging international action to halt these abuses.

Citing human rights data, Hamas stated that 94 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli prisons since the start of Tel Aviv’s genocidal war on Gaza.

“This reflects an organized criminal approach that has turned these prisons into direct killing grounds to eliminate our people,” the resistance movement said.

Hamas called on the international community, the UN, and human rights organizations to immediately pressure Israel to end crimes against prisoners and uphold their rights as guaranteed by all international conventions and norms.

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