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Enforcement Report - Week of September 26, 2012

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Event Detail

Event ID	62459
Product Type	Drugs
Status	Ongoing
Recalling Firm	Hospira Inc.
City	Lake Forest
State	IL
Country	US
Voluntary/Mandated	Voluntary: Firm Initiated
Recall Initiation Date	2012-06-27
Initial Firm Notification of Consignee or Public	Letter
Distribution Pattern	Nationwide, including Puerto Rico and Guam. Product was also distributed internationally to Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand and Vietnam

Product Detail

Product Description	Code Info	Classification	Reason for Recall	Product Quantity	Recall Number
Carboplatin Injection, 10 mg/mL, 45 mL Multi-Dose Vial, Rx only, antineoplastic/cytotoxic agent; Manufactured for Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL 60045, Product of Australia, NDC 61703-339-50 (Hospira label), NDC 61703-360-50 (Novoplus label)	lot numbers Y061711AA, exp FEB 2013 and Y061711AB, exp FEB 2013 rest of world lots being recalled: list M1685A001, lots numbers Y151686AB, exp MAY 2013 and Y131686AA, exp MAR 2013; list M1723A001, lot number Y121686AF, exp SEP 2013; list M1686ADE1, lot numbers Y121686AA, exp SEP 2013 and Y151686AC, exp NOV 2013; list M1686AFR1, lot numbers Y121686AG, exp SEP 2013 and Y131686AB, exp SEP 2013; list M1714A001, lot number Y121686AC, exp SEP 2013; list M1686ANO3, lot number Y121686AE, exp SEP 2013; list M1686ASE2, lot number Y121686AB, exp SEP 2013	Class II	The affected lots of Carboplatin Injection, Cytarabine Injection, Methotrexate Injection, USP, and Paclitaxel Injection are beig recalled due to visible particles embedded in the glass located at the neck of the vial. There may be the potential for product to come into contact with the embedded particles and the particles may become dislodged into the solution.	30,582 vials	D-1679-2012
Cytarabine Injection, 20 mg/mL, 50 mL Single Dose Vial, Rx only, antineoplastic/cytotoxic agent; Manufactured for Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL 60045, Product of Australia; NDC 61703-303-46	lot numbers Y131994AA, exp AUG 2013; Y141994AA, exp SEP 2013; Y151994AA, exp SEP 2013; Y161994AA, exp NOV 2013; Y171994AA, exp NOV 2013 and Y181994AA, exp NOV 2013	Class II	The affected lots of Carboplatin Injection, Cytarabine Injection, Methotrexate Injection, USP, and Paclitaxel Injection are being recalled due to visible particles embedded in the glass located at the neck of the vial. There may be the potential for product to come into contact with the embedded particles and the particles may become dislodged into the solution.	210 vials	D-1680-2012
Methotrexate Injection, USP, 25 mg/mL, 40 mL Single Dose Vial, Rx only, antineoplastic/cytotoxic agent; Manufactured for Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL 60045, Product of Australia; NDC 61703-408-41	lot number Y064457AA, exp OCT 2013 Rest of world lot numbers: list M4457A001, lot number Y054457AB, exp SEP 2013	Class II	The affected lots of Carboplatin Injection, Cytarabine Injection, Methotrexate Injection, USP, and Paclitaxel Injection are being recalled due to visible particles embedded in the glass located at the neck of the vial. There may be the potential for product to come into contact with the embedded particles and the particles may become dislodged into the solution.	34,572 vials	D-1681-2012
Paclitaxel Injection, 6 mg/mL, 50 mL Single Dose Vial, Rx only, antineoplastic/cytotoxic agent; Manufactured for Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL 60045, Product of Australia; N DC 61703-342-50	lot numbers Y096865AA, exp AUG 2013; Y106865AA, exp AUG 2013; Y116865AA, exp AUG 2013; Y126865AA, exp SEP 2013; Y136865AA, exp SEP 2013; Y146865AA, exp SEP 2013; Y156865AA, exp OCT 2013; Y166865AA, exp NOV 2013; Y176865AA, exp NOV 2013; and Y186865AA, exp DEC 2013	Class II	The affected lots of Carboplatin Injection, Cytarabine Injection, Methotrexate Injection, USP, and Paclitaxel Injection are being recalled due to visible particles embedded in the glass located at the neck of the vial. There may be the potential for product to come into contact with the embedded particles and the particles may become dislodged into the solution.	131,264 vials	D-1682-2012

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