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Drug Alerts and Withdrawals

Drug Alerts and Withdrawals
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When the MHRA, or occasionally another regulatory body in another country, such as the FDA, release advice, it is sometime necessary to produce additional local guidance.  This aims to be both clear and concise advice to healthcare professionals on the local action required to implement or respond to alerts issued by the MHRA or other bodies.  These memorandums are available below for reference, once they have been circulated to the relevant professionals in primary and secondary care:

MHRA News Stories.

 11th October 2023       MHRA Press Release: SteriFeed colostrum collector not to be used to directly feed babies due to choking risk, 
                                         MHRA advises.
 15th September 2023 MHRA News:  MHRA approves Moderna’s adapted COVID-19 vaccine (Spikevax) that targets Omicron XBB.1.5

 

MHRA Company-led Drug alerts

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application/pdfMetformin hcl oral sol 500mg per 5ml Class 2 meds recall MHRA 250821.pdf (100KB)31/08/2021Download
 Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Limited is recalling all unexpired stock of the above product from pharmacies and wholesalers as a precautionary measure due to the identification level of an impurity above... 
application/pdfIrbesartan Class 2 meds recall MHRAEL__21_A_19_FINAL_09-08-21.pdf (182KB)09/08/2021Download
 Specific batches of the above products are recalled by the Marketing Authorisation Holders and parallel distributor companies as a precautionary measure due to contamination with an impurity called... 
application/pdfAmoxicillin 500mg 5ml powder for susp Cl 4 med defect EL__21_A_18.pdf (131KB)19/07/2021Download
 Brown & Burk UK Limited would like to notify you of an error regarding specific batches of Amoxicillin 500 mg/ 5 ml Powder for oral suspension, sold and distributed in the UK. The product... 
application/pdfSevredol 10mg tabs Class 4 meds defect July 21 EL__21_A_17.pdf (144KB)14/07/2021Download
 Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited would like to notify you of an error regarding specific batches of Sevredol 10 mg Tablets and Sevredol 20 mg Tablets, sold and distributed in the UK. The error... 
application/pdfTetralysal 300mg class 4 meds defect info EL__21_A_16_Final 0721.pdf (76KB)07/07/2021Download
 Galderma UK would like to notify you of an error identified by Galderma regarding specific batches of Tetralysal 300mg Hard Capsules, sold and distributed in the UK. The error identified relates to... 
application/pdfXomolix 2.5mg per ml soln for injection_ class 2 medicines recall_EL__21_A_15_Final__2 0721_.pdf (162KB)01/07/2021Download
 Kyowa Kirin Limited is recalling the above batches as a precautionary measure, due to the reports of glass and cellulose fibre contamination, which was identified during stability and reference... 
application/pdfIrbesartan Class 2 medicines recall June 21 EL__21_A_14_FINAL.pdf (128KB)18/06/2021Download
  
application/pdfCo-codamol 30_500mg eff NatPSA-2021-004-MHRA-PL_June 21.pdf (124KB)16/06/2021Download
 Zentiva Pharma UK Limited have notified the MHRA of an issue related to the homogeneity of a batch of Co-codamol 30/500 Effervescent Tablets that could result in a potential underdose and lack of... 
application/pdfSyonell 250_500mg tablets Class 4 meds recall EL__21_A_11 040521.pdf (78KB)04/05/2021Download
 Lupin Healthcare (UK) Limited has informed us of a discrepancy with the product packaging for several batches of Syonell 250mg Gastro-Resistant Tablets and Syonell 500mg Gastro-Resistant Tablets.... 
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