Class II · Moderate risk
ZOMA-Jet 10 Demonstration Kit
Defective Delivery System: customer complaints concerning the injector pen breaking apart and disintegrating into pieces.
Nutropin AQ NuSpin 20
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Miscalibrated and/or Defective Delivery System: Genentech has received complaints for Nutropin AQ NuSpin 10 & 20 reporting that the dose knob spun slowly and the injection took longer than usual (slow dose delivery).
Cause type: Packaging defect
Failed child-resistant closures, leaks, cracked containers, or a defective delivery device. Packaging failures risk accidental exposure (especially to children) or product contamination. All packaging defect recalls.
What was recalled
Nutropin AQ NuSpin 20 (somatropin (rDNA origin) injection} 20 mg/ 2mL Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, NDC#50242-0076-01
Affected NDC
50242-0076-01
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Drug: Somatropin
- Recalling firm
- Genentech Inc
- NDC code
- 50242-0076-01
- Origin
- CA, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-087-2013 · 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.
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Class II · Moderate risk
ZOMA-Jet 5 Demonstration Kit
Defective Delivery System: customer complaints concerning the injector pen breaking apart and disintegrating into pieces.
Class II · Moderate risk
Norditropin FlexPro Somatropin
Defective Delivery System; may have a low frequency assembly fault which may result in pens block during the so-called "air shot" step
Class II · Moderate risk
Tev-Tropin
Lack of Assurance of Sterility
Class II · Moderate risk
Tev-Tropin
Chemical Contamination: TEV-TROPIN [somatropin (rDNA origin) for injection] may contain silicone oil due to leakage of a leaking line during the freeze-drying process.
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Class II · Moderate risk
Cathflo activase
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Deformed stoppers observed during filling operations for Cathflo Activase.
Class III · Low risk
Susvimo (ranibizumab injection)
Defective Delivery System: Commercial implants do not meet the filed specification for the intended use, a few patients have experienced an issue with the implants that renders it non-functioning.
Class II · Moderate risk
Xolair (omalizumab)
Failed Stability Specifications: Out of Specification results of Polysorbate 20 (PS20) content were detected at the 12 month testing time point.
Class III · Low risk
Evrysdi (risdiplam)
Defective Container: complaints received regarding some incorrect press-in-bottle-adapters (PIBA), the incorrect PIBAs have a female instead of male fit so they cannot be used in combination with co-packed syringes.
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