Class II · Moderate risk
Formula 2 (Papaverine 9 mg, Phentolamine 1 mg, Atropine 0.1 mg, PGE 10 mcg/mL)
Stability Does Not Support Expiry: manufactured with an active ingredient that expired before the labeled Beyond Use Date.
Formula 0 (PGE 20 mcg/mL)
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: incomplete or missing data regarding production.
Cause type: Sterility / contamination
A product that must be sterile could not be assured sterile, or was contaminated. A top reason for injectables, eye drops and IV products - loss of sterility assurance can lead to serious infections. All sterility / contamination recalls.
What was recalled
Formula 0 (PGE 20 mcg/mL) Injection, 5 mL vials, Rx only, Meditech Laboratories, Inc., 3200 Polaris Ave., Suite 27, Las Vegas, NV 89102.
- Recalling firm
- Meditech Laboratories, Inc
- Origin
- NV, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-0807-2016 · FDA notice
Check, then ask. Class II means harm is possible but usually temporary or reversible. Find the lot number on your package; if it matches, ask your pharmacist about a replacement. Do not simply stop a prescribed medication on your own - the gap can be riskier than the recall. This recall is now terminated, which means the firm has finished removing the affected product; anything on pharmacy shelves today should be unaffected.
Other recalls by Meditech Laboratories, Inc
All 2016 recalls
Class II · Moderate risk
Formula 3 (Papaverine 20 mg, Phentolamine 3 mg, Atropine 0.2 mg, PGE 20 mcg/mL)
Stability Does Not Support Expiry: manufactured with an active ingredient that expired before the labeled Beyond Use Date.
Class II · Moderate risk
Formula 1
Stability Does Not Support Expiry: manufactured with an active ingredient that expired before the labeled Beyond Use Date.
Class II · Moderate risk
Formula 9
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: incomplete or missing data regarding production.
Other sterility / contamination recalls from 2016
All sterility / contamination recalls
Class II · Moderate risk
Phenylephrine 2.5% + Tropicamide 1% Compounded Eye Drops Solution
Lack of Sterility Assurance
Class II · Moderate risk
AMGEN Kyprolis
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Potential cracks in glass vials
Class I · High risk
Nano PNC Water
Marketed without an Approved NDA/ANDA and non-sterility: NANO PNC Water by nebulizer was sampled and found to contain variovorax paradoxus.
Class II · Moderate risk
Fluconazole Injection
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: confirmed customer complaints of leaking bags.
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