recalls
GSK recalls 427,000 antibiotics after contamination scare
September 15, 2015Manufacturing and Production Bactroban, FDA, GSK, manufacturing, product recalls, production, recalls
GlaxoSmithKline has had to recall more than 427,000 tubes of creams and ointments due to potential penicillin cross-contamination and the …
Allergan recalls eye drugs after complaints of blurred vision
August 25, 2015Manufacturing and Production Allergan, manufacturing, product recalls, production, recalls
Allergan has issued a recall for batches of eye ointments sold in the US, after customers complained of foreign bodies …
Actavis contraceptives recalled after packaging errors
July 9, 2015Manufacturing and Production Actavis, FDA, manufacturing, packaging, product recall, production, recalls
Actavis is voluntarily recalling more than half a million boxes of contraceptive pills in the United States due to problems …
J&J’s prescription drugs unit hit by recall
September 17, 2013Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, Risperdal, Tylenol, recalls
Nurofen Plus recall expanded
August 31, 2011Sales and Marketing MHRA, Nurofen, recalls
Last week’s recall of Reckitt Benckiser’s painkiller product Nurofen Plus has been expanded after two additional cases emerged where powerful …
J&J’s latest recall put down to new factor
August 19, 2011Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, Tylenol, recalls
Yet another Johnson & Johnson recall has been announced, but this time the perpetrator doesn’t feature among the ‘usual suspects’. …
Augmentin recall expanded on contamination fears
July 26, 2011Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Augmentin, GSK, recalls
GlaxoSmithKline has been drawn further into concerns about contamination of pharmaceuticals, foods and beverages with plasticiser compounds, after authorities in …
Smelly Risperdal adds to J&J’s recall tally
June 20, 2011Manufacturing and Production John Lechleiter, pharma manufacturing news, recalls
Johnson & Johnson continues to be plagued by product recalls, with the latest involving two lots of its schizophrenia drug …
HIV drug Prezista recalled on TBA contamination
May 17, 2011Manufacturing and Production HIV, Johnson & Johnson, Prezista, manufacturing and production, recalls
Johnson & Johnson has recalled 11,700 bottles of its HIV treatment Prezista after consumer reports of a mouldy smell caused …
TBA contamination prompts Topamax recall
April 18, 2011Manufacturing and Production Johnson and Johnson, recalls
Another Johnson & Johnson business unit has decided to recall medicines because of a mouldy smell thought to be caused …
J&J reorganises McNeil as recalls keep coming
April 5, 2011Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, Johnson & Johnson, McNeil, TBA, TCA, Tylenol, manufacturing compliance, pharma manufacturing, recalls, tribromoanisole, trichloroanisole
Johnson & Johnson has announced a major reworking of its troubled McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit, just as quality problems force …
J&J charged with US manufacturing violations
March 15, 2011Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, Johnson and Johnson, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, McNeil Fort Washington, McNeil recall, Motrin recall, manufacturing compliance, pharma manufacturing, recalls
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare has been officially charged with manufacturing and distributing drugs in violation of federal …
Daiichi recalls contaminated paediatric vaccines
March 15, 2011Manufacturing and Production ActHIB, Daiichi Sankyo, manufacturing compliance, padiatric vaccine recall, recalls, vaccines
Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo has recalled around 1.3 million doses of the paediatric vaccine ActHIB, manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis, because of …
More US recalls as bill seeks greater FDA powers
January 10, 2011Manufacturing and Production Centocor Ortho Biotech, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, FDA, RiteDose Corp, Sandoz, Sigma-tau Pharmasource, Teva Pharmaceuticals, manufacturing compliance, recalls
Product recalls continue to make headlines in the pharmaceutical sector, with several new incidents either side of the New Year …
Pfizer expands Lipitor recall
December 24, 2010Manufacturing and Production Lipitor, Pfizer, manufacturing compliance, recalls
Pfizer has been forced to recall another 19,000 bottles of its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in the US after consumers reported …
