Drug Recall Notices

Below are recent prescription drug/device recall notices provided to the Board by the FDA (Food & Drug Administration).

• Alvogen Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Fentanyl Transdermal System Due to Product Mislabeling (4/19/19)
• Torrent Pharmaceuticals Expands Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Losartan Potassium Tablets, USP and Losartan Potassium/Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets, USP (4/18/19)
• Atlas Pharmaceuticals - Voluntary Recall of Metronidazole Tablets  (4/11/19)
• Norbrook Laboratories Limited Recalls Veterinary Products for Health Risk (3/7/19)
• American Health Packaging Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Valsartan Tablets Due to the Detection of NDEA (N-Nitrosodiethylamine) Impurity (3/7/19)
• Apotex Corp. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Drospirenone and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets, USP, 28x3 Blister Pack/Carton Due to Possibility of Missing/Incorrect Tablet Arrangement (3/4/19)
• Updated: Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Losartan Potassium Tablets, USP and Losartan Potassium /Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets, USP (3/1/19)
• FDA Update on Three Recent MedWatch Safety Alert Recalls: on Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Including Valsartan and Losartan (3/1/19)
• Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Losartan Potassium Tablets, USP, 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg Due to the Detection of Trace Amounts of N-Nitroso N-Methyl 4-amino butyric acid (NMBA) Impurity found in the Active Pharmaceutical (2/28/19)
• Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited Issues Voluntary Nationwide Consumer Level Recall of One Lot (BLM 715A) of Losartan Potassium / Hydrochlorothiazide Combination Tablets (2/22/19)
• Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Continues its Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Levetiracetam in 0.54% Sodium Chloride Injection 1500mg/100mL Due to Mislabeling (2/4/19)
• Medex Cardio-Pulmonary, doing business as Smiths Medical, Recalls Sterile Saline and Sterile Water for Inhalation Due to Potential Exposure to Infectious Agents as a Result of Leaking Containers (2/4/19)
• FDA Warns Compounders Not to Use Glutathione from Letco Medical to Compound Sterile Drugs (2/1/19)
• Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Losartan Potassium Tablets, USP and Losartan Potassium and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets, USP (1/22/19)
• Prinston Pharmaceutical Inc. issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Irbesartan and Irbesartan HCTZ Tablets (1/18/19)
• Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Vecuronium Bromide for Injection Due to the Presence of Particulate Matter Identified as Glass (1/8/19)
• Ceftriaxone for Injection by Lupin Pharmaceuticals: Recall – Due to Visual Grey Particulate Matter in Reconstituted Vials (1/8/19)