In October 2012 the Food and Drug Administration notified health care providers and facilities that they should halt any further use of sterile products that were distributed by a Georgia compounding pharmacy and return. There were five reported cases of serious eye infections for the injection of cancer drug Avastin which was released by the …
Apotex Issues Two Nationwide Recalls
Apotex, a marketing company for Hospira, the leader of sterile injectable drugs, issued two major recalls for shipments of two of its drugs- Piperacillin and Tazobactum- and one of its medical products- the GemStar Infusion System. Twenty one lots of the injectable drugs Piperacillin and Tazobactam have been recalled due to issues found upon reconstitution. These …