Isopropylantipyrine to be banned for children under age 15

Sales of isopropylantipyrine (IAP)-containing OTC cough and cold drugs for children less than 15 years of age should be banned, said the Korea Food and Dug Administration’s Central Pharmaceutical Deliberation Committee on March 2.

However, the committee expressed no new safety concerns raised by a review of adverse events reported in people taking analgesics containing IPA, a substance that ...