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503b CompoundingSun Pharma unit recalls mutiple lots of capsules from US
HYDERABAD: Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories , a unit of Sun Pharma, has initiated a recall of multiple lots of Cephalexin capsules from the US market. According to a notification by the USFDA, the recall of the 3,40,553 units of 500 mg and 1,13,677 units of 250 mg bottles is voluntarily initiated by the company through a letter […]
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503b CompoundingNumber of Drug Recalls Surges at FDA, Led by Mid-Level Concerns
Recalls of pharmaceutical products have surged in recent years, and 2014 is already shaping up to be the biggest year for serious drug recalls in the last decade, according to data made publicly available by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late last month. Background Pharmaceutical companies occasionally need to recall—that is to say, remove—products from […]
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503b CompoundingNumber of FDA drug recalls shooting up; still ironing out exactly why
The number of FDA drug recalls is swelling year after year, but 2014 is on track to having the all-time record for medications removed from the market. The why’s of this are still conjecture – perhaps it’s linked to the fungal meningitis outbreak of 2012 – but the trend is pretty glaring… …Or so says Alexander Gaffney at the Regulatory Affairs Professionals […]
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