Drug Recall

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Thursday it has recommended five pharmaceutical firms to voluntarily recall their diabetes drug metformin after the agency found high levels of a possible cancer-causing impurity in some versions of the medication.

Global health charity Marie Stopes said Wednesday it had recalled hundreds of thousands of faulty condoms on sale in Uganda, where HIV rates are among the highest in the world.

The US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has found salmonella bacteria in MDH sambar masala, following which the products were recalled from the US earlier this week. Make everyday masalas at home with these easy recipes.

Some batches of sambhar powder sold by cooking brand MDH were taken off the shelves in the United States for salmonella contamination, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.

The Drug Controller General of India has told a pharmaceutical company to recall one of its products, Ozurdex Intravitreal Implant, a steroid eye implant for macular edema, after the company admitted that a silicone particle has been detected in it.

A unit of India's Hetero Drugs is recalling some batches of the blood pressure and heart medicine valsartan in the United States, a notice on the U.S. regulator's website said, amid a wider probe into cancer risks associated with the drug.

The government has ordered an immediate recall of rabies vaccines made by a scandal-hit Chinese company, the drug regulator said Wednesday, complaining it only found out about possible problems through media reports.

China's health regulator said on Monday all domestic medical institutions must cooperate with authorities and not use the valsartan blood and heart drug made by Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical that could pose cancer risks.

The reason for the recall is current Good Manufacturing Practise deviations, USFDA said.

Pope Francis on Saturday visited Medellin, epicenter of Colombia's narco wars of the 1980s and asked that God convert the hearts of the "drug assassins" who cut short so many young lives.

According to the US drug watchdog - USFDA - as many as 24,652 tablets are being recalled.

Dr Reddy's is recalling Olanzapine tablets USP of 2.5 mg while Aurobindo is recalling Pantoprazole Sodium for Injection, 40mg per vial from the market, the notification issued by the US regulator said.

The recall has been initiated by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc for 31,762 bottles of bupropion hydrochloride extended-release tablets, USP (SR) in the strength of 150 mg, the US drug regulator said.

The tablets have been manufactured at the company's Goa facility. A single bottle contains 500 tablets of the medicine.

Zydus Cadila is recalling over two lakh bottles of anti-depressant Venlafaxine HCL ER capsules in the US in two different strengths for failed dissolution specifications.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Thursday it has recommended five pharmaceutical firms to voluntarily recall their diabetes drug metformin after the agency found high levels of a possible cancer-causing impurity in some versions of the medication.

Global health charity Marie Stopes said Wednesday it had recalled hundreds of thousands of faulty condoms on sale in Uganda, where HIV rates are among the highest in the world.

The US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has found salmonella bacteria in MDH sambar masala, following which the products were recalled from the US earlier this week. Make everyday masalas at home with these easy recipes.

Some batches of sambhar powder sold by cooking brand MDH were taken off the shelves in the United States for salmonella contamination, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.

The Drug Controller General of India has told a pharmaceutical company to recall one of its products, Ozurdex Intravitreal Implant, a steroid eye implant for macular edema, after the company admitted that a silicone particle has been detected in it.

A unit of India's Hetero Drugs is recalling some batches of the blood pressure and heart medicine valsartan in the United States, a notice on the U.S. regulator's website said, amid a wider probe into cancer risks associated with the drug.

The government has ordered an immediate recall of rabies vaccines made by a scandal-hit Chinese company, the drug regulator said Wednesday, complaining it only found out about possible problems through media reports.

China's health regulator said on Monday all domestic medical institutions must cooperate with authorities and not use the valsartan blood and heart drug made by Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical that could pose cancer risks.

The reason for the recall is current Good Manufacturing Practise deviations, USFDA said.

Pope Francis on Saturday visited Medellin, epicenter of Colombia's narco wars of the 1980s and asked that God convert the hearts of the "drug assassins" who cut short so many young lives.

According to the US drug watchdog - USFDA - as many as 24,652 tablets are being recalled.

Dr Reddy's is recalling Olanzapine tablets USP of 2.5 mg while Aurobindo is recalling Pantoprazole Sodium for Injection, 40mg per vial from the market, the notification issued by the US regulator said.

The recall has been initiated by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc for 31,762 bottles of bupropion hydrochloride extended-release tablets, USP (SR) in the strength of 150 mg, the US drug regulator said.

The tablets have been manufactured at the company's Goa facility. A single bottle contains 500 tablets of the medicine.

Zydus Cadila is recalling over two lakh bottles of anti-depressant Venlafaxine HCL ER capsules in the US in two different strengths for failed dissolution specifications.