Rapid Alert – 2023
S/N | DATE | TITLE | PRODUCT TYPE | SOURCE OF RAPID ALERT | MANUFACTURER |
10 | 21st November 2023 | Public notice on falsified batches of truvada (emtricitabine/ tenofovir 200mg/300mg) product Batches B4033894D and B425875D
| Medicine | PPB | Stated as; manufactured by Gilead Sciences Inc.
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9 | 21st November 2023 | Warning regarding suspected falsified themra epimedyumlu Macun (“asali ya wazee”) manufactured by veysi topuz
| Claimed to be herbal product | PPB | Stated as manufactured by Veysi Topuz
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8. | 18-Sep-2023 | Public Alert on Mandated Recall of Tamedol (Paracetamol) Oral Solution 120mg/5ml. Investigations by PPB confirmed that the product failed to meet market authorization requirements. | Medicine | Pharmacy and Poisons Board | Biopharma LTD, Kenya |
7. | 18-Sep-2023 | Public Alert on Substandard and Falsified (SF) Radio Contrast Media – Visipaque (Iodoxanol) 320mg/ml Vials.
Batches where manufacturer is stated as GE Healthcare Ireland, 15950809, 15944839, 15950792, 15906117 Batches where manufacturer is stated as GE Healthcare (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, China 15389618, 15429745, 15444386, 15661498, 15904073, 15751274,16017833, 16044911, 16085815, 16100415, 16107210, 16177061 | Radio Contrast Media | Pharmacy and Poisons Board | Batches where manufacturer is stated as GE Healthcare Ireland, 15950809, 15944839, 15950792, 15906117 Batches where manufacturer is stated as GE Healthcare (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, China 15389618, 15429745, 15444386, 15661498, 15904073, 15751274,16017833, 16044911, 16085815, 16100415, 16107210, 16177061 |
6. | 7-Aug-2023 | Medical Product Alert on Substandard (contaminated) syrup medicines identified inWHO Region of the Eastern Mediterranean
COLD OUT syrup Batch No: SF001A02 The product contains unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants. | Medicine | The World Health Organization | Stated as FOURRTS (INDIA) LABORATORIES PVT. LTD |
5. | 19-July-2023 | Medical Product Alert on Substandard (contaminated) syrup medicines identified inWHO Region of Africa NATURCOLD Syrup, Batch No: E22053 The product contains unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants. | Medicine | The World Health Organization | Stated as FRAKEN INTERNATIONAL (England) |
4. | 25-Apr-2023 | Medical Product Alert on Substandard (contaminated) syrup medicines identified inWHO Region of the Western Pacific GUAIFENESIN SYRUP TG SYRUP, Batch No: SL-429 The product contains unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants. | Medicine | The World Health Organization | Stated as QP PHARMACHEM LTD (Punjab, India). |
3. | 11-Apr-2023 | Medical Product Alert on Falsified DEFITELIO (defibrotide sodium)identified in the WHO Regions of Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Batch No: 19G19A identified in Kyrgyzstan and United Arab Emirates Batch No (packaging): 19G19A, Batch No (vial): M068466E identified in Kyrgyzstan Laboratory analysis of a sample of the falsified product found that it did not contain any of the stated active ingredient. | Medicine | The World Health Organization | Stated as Gentium Srl |
2. | 22-Feb-2023 | Medical Product Alert on TETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE OPHTHALMIC OINTMENT USP 1% Batch No: AF20011, AF21160, AF21161, AF22031, AF22032, AF22093, AF22100, AF22101, AF22107, AF20097, AF22021, AF20060A, AF22025, AF22026, AF22061, AF20067, AF21064, AF21088, AF21147, AF21149, AF22006, AF22007, AF22029, AF22030, AF22057, AF22058, AF22080, AF22098, AF22099, AF22104, AF22118, AF22123, AF22106, AF22116, AF22092A, AF22097A, AF22110, AF22111, AF22112, AF22113, AF22114, AF22115, AF22117, AF22119, AF22120, AF22121, AF22122, AF22020A The product had a range of quality issues e.g., particles ranging in colour, size and shape on the nozzle, in the cap and in the ointment inside each tube, black spots and brown splotches on the inner foil layer of the tube, and phase separation. These issues were not uniform and varied from batch to batch. | Medicine | The World Health Organization | Stated as Galentic Pharma (India) Pvt. Ltd |
1 | 11-Jan-2023 | Medical product alert on substandard (contaminated) liquid dosage medicines identified in Uzbekistan and reported to WHO on 22nd December 2022. AMBRONOL syrup products Batches: (AAS2103 AAS2202 AAS2201 AAS2204) and DOK-1 Max syrup products Batches: DXS2104, P/DXS- H/2101, DXS2105 DXS2106, DXS2107, DXS2108, DXS2109, DXS2201, DXS2202, DXS2203, DXS2205, DXS2206, DXS2207, DXS2208, DXS2209, DXSH2201,DXSH2202 The products contained unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and /or ethylene glycol as contaminants. | Medicines | The World Health Organization (WHO) | Stated as; MARION BIOTECH PVT. LTD, (Uttar Pradesh, India) |