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发帖数: 901 | 1 Less than one month after Pfizer recalled nearly 1 million packages of
faulty birth control pills, Glenmark Generics has recalled its version of
the oral contraceptives because of a packaging error that landed the pills
in the wrong order.
The India-based drug company has warned that seven lots of norgestimate and
ethinyl estradiol tablets distributed to U.S. pharmacies between Sept. 21
and Dec. 30, 2011, "could leave women without adequate contraception, and at
risk for unintended pregnancy."
"Select blisters were rotated 180 degrees within the card, reversing the
weekly tablet orientation and making the lot number and expiry date visible
only on the outer pouch," the company said in a statement released Friday,
explaining the packaging error.
The correct packaging aligns 28 tablets in four rows, with the white tablets
containing norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol in the top row and light
green placebo tablets in the bottom row.
The affected lot numbers are 04110101, 04110106, 04110107, 04110114,
04110124, 04110129 and 04110134.
"Patients who have the affected product should notify their physician and
return the product to the pharmacy" and "begin using a nonhormonal form of
contraception immediately," the company said. |
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