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Rapid Alert – 2022

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Date

Title

Product type

Source of the rapid alert

Manufacturer

10

27-Dec-2022

Medical product alert on substandard (contaminated) METHOTREXä 50mg      (Methotrexate)

Batch No: MTI2101BAQ

identified in Yemen and Lebanon. The products were contaminated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa on microbiological testing

Medicine

The World Health Organization (WHO)

Stated as CELON LABORATORIES, PVT LTD – Telangana State, India

 

9

02-Nov-2022

Medical product alert on substandard (contaminated) pediatric liquid dosage medicines identified in the WHO region of South-East Asia (Indonesia)

Termorex syrup( Batch No: AUG22A06),

Flurin DMP syrup (All batches),

Unibebi Cough Syrup , (All batches),

 Unibebi Demam Paracetamol Drops (All batches),

, Unibebi Demam Paracetamol Syrup (All batches),

, Paracetamol Drops(All batches),

, Paracetamol Syrup (mint) (All batches),

and Vipcol Syrup (All batches),

The products contain unacceptable amounts of ethylene glycol and/or diethylene glycol as contaminants

 

Medicines

The World Health Organization (WHO)

Stated as;

Termorex syrup (PT Konimex)

, Flurin DMP syrup (PT Yarindo Farmatama )

, Unibebi Cough Syrup (PT Universal Pharmaceutical Industries)

 Unibebi Demam Paracetamol Drops (PT Universal Pharmaceutical Industries)

 , Unibebi Demam Paracetamol Syrup ( PT Universal Pharmaceutical Industries)

, Paracetamol Drops , PT Afi Farma

Paracetamol Syrup (mint)  (PT Afi Farma)

and Vipcol Syrup  (PT Afi Farma)

8

05-Oct-2022

Medical product alert on substandard products, identified in the Gambia and reported to WHO in September 2022. Promethazine Oral Solution (Batch No: ML21-202),Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup (Batch No: ML21-199)  Makoff Baby Cough Syrup (Batch No: ML21-203) and Magrip N Cold Syrup (Batch No:ML21-198)

They contain unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants

Medicine

The World Health Organization (WHO)

Stated as Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited (Haryana, India)

 

7

29-Sept-2022

WHO medical product alert (ref. Rpq/reg/isf/ alert no. 4/2022) on falsified Dysport 500 U (clostridium botulinum type a toxin-haemagglutinin complex)identified in the who regions of Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.
Batch U14534 identified in Jordan, Poland, United Kingdom
Batch U14534 identified in Turkiye, Kuwait
Batch U05804 identified in Jordan, Poland
Batch U01975 identified in Kuwait
Batch U12523 identified in Poland

Medicine

The World Health Organization (WHO)

Stated as IPSEN

6

20-Sep-2022

Public alert on falsified medical product
Dawasolone 5 mg (Prednisolone 5mg ) tabletsBatch Number: 1802231

Medicine

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB)

Stated as Dawa Ltd, Baba Dogo, Nairobi

5

01-July-2022

Class 1 Recall of Rocephin injection due to the detection of pinholes in 10 mL Water for Injection (WFI) ampoules used in Rocephin 1.000 g finished products

Batch Number:  B0752B04

Medicine

Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB)

Siegfried Hameln in Germany manufactured for ROCHE

4

25-Jun-22

Public alert on CLASS 1 RECALL of poor-quality medical product from the Kenyan market due to failure to meet market authorization requirements: Product details: DAWAFLOX POWDER FOR ORAL SUSPENSION, 100ML Batch: 2012085 Batch: 2006121 DOM: 06/2020 DOE: 05/2023

Medicines

PPB

DAWA Limited, Nairobi Kenya 

3

24-Jun-22

Public alert on falsified medical product; Ashton & Parsons Matricaria Infant’s Powder Batches:    PA 4328C, PA 4318C, PA2011C, AP 061W

Medicines

PPB

Stated as; Made by Smith Kline Beecham Nigeria P/C 20 industrial Avenue. Liupeju Lagos, Nigeria Under Licence from SmithKline Beecham Consumer Brands Brandford, england

2

24-Jun-22

Public alert on falsified medical product; Eloxatin 100mg (Oxaliplatin for injection) Batch: 12V0015

Medicines

PPB

Stated as: Aventis Pharma Ltd, Rainham Rd South, Dagenham, Esser, Room 107XS, UK & Made in UK

1

28-Feb-22

Medical product alert on two falsified batches of DESREM (Remdesivir for injection 100mg /vial) , batches 7605854B and CRM21001MA detected in Guatemala and India

Medicines

WHO

Legal manufacturer: Mylan Laboratories Ltd