Rapid Alert – 2022
S/N | 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
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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)
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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. | Medicine | The World Health Organization (WHO) | Stated as IPSEN |
6 | 20-Sep-2022 | Public alert on falsified medical product | 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 |