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Department of Defense Medical Materiel Quality Control Messages

 

FDA MEDWATCH

 

May 2007

FDA ADVISES MANUFACTURERS TO TEST GLYCERIN FOR POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION / FDA MEDWATCH
PARKEDALE PHARMACEUTICALS / BREVITAL C-IV (METHOHEXITAL SODIUM FOR INJECTION) / URGENT DRUG RECALL / DSCP 07-084
ABBOTT LABORATORIES / VARIOUS ARCHITECT ESTRADIOL REAGENT TEST KITS / PRODUCT CORRECTION / DSCP 07-067
ABBOTT LABORATORIES / VARIOUS ARCHITECT STAT TROPONIN-I REAGENT TEST KITS / PRODUCT CORRECTION / DSCP 07-079
FDA PROPOSES NEW WARNINGS ABOUT SUICIDAL THINKING, BEHAVIOR IN YOUNG ADULTS WHO TAKE ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATIONS / MEDWATCH
2007 SAFETY ALERT: COLCHICINE COMPOUNDED INJECTABLE PRODUCTS / MEDWATCH
April 2007  
ANTHRAX VACCINE EXPIRATION 90-DAY NOTICE LOT FAV103
BIOMET INC / VARIOUS KITS / URGENT PRODUCT RECALL / DSCP 07-053
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC / VAXCEL IMPLANTABLE CHEST PORTS WITH PASV VALVE TECHNOLOGY / URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL / DSCP 07-048
MAJOR MANUFACTURER OF UNAPPROVED AND ADULTERATED DRUGS AGREES TO STOP ILLEGAL PRACTICES / FDA MEDWATCH
GENENTECH / AVASTIN (BEVACIZUMAB) / IMPORTANT DRUG WARNING / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY INFORMATION
QUADRIVALENT HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES
FDA SEIZES ALL MEDICAL PRODUCTS FROM N.J. DEVICE MANUFACTURER FOR SIGNIFICANT MANUFACTURING VIOLATIONS / FDA NEWS
ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICALS / GRISEOFULVIN ORAL SUSPENSION / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 07-075
GLAXOSMITHKLINE / THIRD-PARTY TAMPERING (COUNTERFEIT) OF ZIAGEN (ABACAVIR SULFATE) TABLETS AS COMBIVIR(LAMIVUDINE AND ZIDOVUDINE) TABLETS / MEDWATCH
ACORDA THERAPEUTICS / CHANGES TO THE CONTRAINDICATIONS AND WARNING SECTIONS OF ZANAFLEX (TIZANIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE) / FDA MEDWATCH
UNAPPROVED SUPPOSITORY DRUG PRODUCTS CONTAINING TRIMETHOBENZAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY INFORMATION
PERMAX (PERGOLIDE) AND GENERIC EQUIVALENTS / FDA MEDWATCH NOTICE DRUG WITHDRAWAL
WARNING ABOUT BUYING ACCUTANE (ISOTRETINOIN) ONLINE / FDA MEDWATCH
NOVARTIS / ZELNORM (TEGASEROD MALEATE) / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY NOTICE
March 2007  
SANOFI-AVENTIS / KETEK (TELITHROMYCIN) / LABEL CHANGE / FDA MEDWATCH
ANTHRAX VACCINE EXPIRATION 90-DAY NOTICE LOT FAV102
COSMOS TRADING INC. ISSUES VOLUNTARY NATIONWIDE RECALL OF RHINO MAX (RHINO V MAX), A PRODUCT MARKETED AS A DIETARY SUPPLEMENT / FDA MEDWATCH
SAFETY CONCERNS / ZYVOX (LINEZOLID) / FDA MEDWATCH
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE / HOMEDICS / HEATING PADS / UPGRADED FDA CLASS I / DSCP 07-035
MERCK & CO INC / PNEUMOVAX 23 / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 07-059
MERCK & CO INC / VARIOUS VACCINES (RECOMBIVAX HB, COMVAX, VAQTA, & PEDVAXHIB) / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 07-052
REQUEST FOR LABELING CHANGE FOR SEDATIVE-HYPNOTIC DRUGS / FDA MEDWATCH
TAKEDA / ACTOS (PIOGLITAZONE) TABLETS / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY NOTICE
FDA STRENGTHENS SAFETY INFORMATION FOR ERYTHROPOIESIS-STIMULATING AGENTS (ESAS) / FDA MEDWATCH
TERMINATION OF THE INSPIRE CLINICAL STUDY OF ACTIMMUNE / FDA MEDWATCH HEALTH ADVISORY
GEBAUER / SALIVART ORAL MOISTURIZER / PRODUCT RECALL / DSCP 07-046
REMEL / MACCONKEY AGAR WITH SORBITOL / IMPORTANT MEDICAL DEVICE CUSTOMER ADVISORY NOTICE / DSCP 07-044
UPDATED ANTHRAX AND SMALLPOX VACCINE MONTHLY INVENTORY
BAXTER / VENTED PACLITAXEL ADMINISTRATION SETS / URGENT PRODUCT RECALL / DSCP 07-043
WARNING OF POSSIBLE ADVERSE EVENTS BECAUSE OF NEW DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME / FDA MEDWATCH
UNAPPROVED DRUGS CONTAINING ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR HEADACHES / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY INFORMATION
EKOS / ENDOWAVE AND LYSUS INFUSION SYSTEMS - DRUG DELIVERY CATHETERS / URGENT DEVICE RECALL / DSCP 07-039
February 2007  
OHM LABS / LORATADINE SYRUP / URGENT DRUG RECALL / DSCP 07-010
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB / BARACLUDE (ENTECAVIR) TABLETS AND ORAL SOLUTION / FDA MEDWATCH NOTICE
ROCHE / STUDY TERMINATED / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY INFORMATION
PATIENT MEDICATION GUIDES FOR ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY INFORMATION
ALBUTEROL INHALATION AEROSOL / AVAILABILITY OF PRODUCT
GENENTECH / XOLAIR (OMALIZUMAB) / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY NOTICE
GLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK) / AVANDIA (ROSIGLITAZONE MALEATE) / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY INFORMATION
ARANESP (DARBEPOETIN ALFA), EPOGEN (EPOETIN ALFA), PROCRIT (EPOETIN ALFA) / INFORMATION FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS / FDA MEDWATCH
MERCK AND CO. INC / ROTATEQ (ROTAVIRUS VACCINE) / FDA MEDWATCH PUBLIC HEALTH NOTIFICATION
BECTON DICKINSON / INTEGRA 1ML INSULIN SYRINGE / URGENT PRODUCT RECALL / DSCP 07-031
SANOFI-AVENTIS / LABEL AND INDICATION CHANGES FOR KETEK (TELITHROMYCIN) / FDA MEDWATCH
BAXTER / MEDICATION ERROR INVOLVING TWO HEPARIN PRODUCTS / FDA MEDWATCH
PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT TOPICAL ANESTHETICS / FDA MEDWATCH
PRECAUTIONS IN USING THE REINTRODUCED VAPOTHERM / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY INFORMATION
GENENTECH / LUCENTIS (RANIBIZUMAB INJECTION) / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY INFORMATION
COUNTERFEIT LIVIRO3 DISCOVERED AFTER VOLUNTARY RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT / MEDWATCH

January 2007

EBEK / LIVIRO3 DIETARY SUPPLEMENT / FDA MEDWATCH RECALL
AMGEN / ARANESP (DARBEPOETIN ALFA) / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY NOTICE
DEATHS IN INFANTS LESS THAN 12 MONTHS ASSOCIATED WITH COUGH/COLD MEDICATIONS / FDA MEDWATCH
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE / LIFESCAN / VARIOUS COUNTERFEIT GLUCOSE TEST STRIPS / COUNTERFEIT PRODUCT ALERT / FDA CLASS I / DSCP 07-013
ABBOTT POINT OF CARE / CUBICIN (DAPTOMYCIN FOR INJECTION) / INTERFERENCE ON I-STAT PT/INR MEASUREMENTS / IMPORTANT PRODUCT NOTICE / DSCP 07-005
ROCHE LABORATORIES / CORRECTION TO PRESCRIBING INFORMATION TAMIFLU (OSELTAMIVIR PHOSPAHTE) / FDA MEDWATCH
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS / IGGT COBAS INTEGRA IMMUNOGLOBULIN G / URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION / DSCP 06-262
IMMEDIATE MSG / ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS (AMO) / VARIOUS MULTI-PURPOSE CONTACT LENS CARE SOLUTION/ FDA CLASS I RECALL / DSCP 07-007

 

Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) MedWatch


Cough and Cold Medications in Children Less Than Two Years of Age Medwatch


Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) MedWatch
 

December 2006

ALCON INC / SYSTANE FREE LIQUID GEL LUBRICANT EYE DROPS / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 06-260
ABBOTT LABORATORIES / CLINICAL CHEMISTRY PHENOBARBITAL / PRODUCT RECALL / DSCP 06--256
RITUXAN (RITUXIMAB) / FDA MEDWATCH PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY
BAYER PHARMACEUTICALS REVISIONS TO PRESCRIBING INFORMATION FOR TRASYLOL (APROTININ) / FDA MEDWATCH
SANOFI PASTEUR RESUMES ORDERING OF ADACEL VACCINE / INFORMATION BULLETIN
NOTICE OF CHANGE TO WARNING SECTION OF LABEL FOR HEPARIN SODIUM INJECTION / FDA MEDWATCH
COMPOUNDED TOPICAL ANESTHETIC CREAMS / FDA MEDWATCH PUBLIC HEALTH NOTICE
WARNING AGAINST MANUFACTURING UNAPPROVED DRUG PRODUCTS CONTAINING QUININE / FDA MEDWATCH
KAVO AMERICA CORP / QUATTROCARE SPRAY / URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL / DSCP 06-250
THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL MATERIEL AGENCY (USAMMA) MEDICAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (MLMIP) / INFORMATION BULLETIN
DOLOPHINE (METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE) / REPORTS OF DEATH, NARCOTIC OVERDOSE, AND SERIOUS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS / MEDWATCH

November 2006

USE OF ERYTHROPOIESIS-STIMULATING AGENT (ESA) / FDA MEDWATCH ALERT ADVISORY
ROCHE / TAMIFLU® (OSELTAMIVIR PHOSPHATE) / REVISION TO PRECAUTIONS / FDA MEDWATCH
MILLIONS OF ACETAMINOPHEN PILLS RECALLED / BREAKING HEALTH NEWS / NBC4.COM AND PHARMACISTS.COM
SANOFI PASTEUR MENACTRA® (MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINE) AVAILABILITY / UPDATED INFORMATION
DATA INNOVATIONS INSTRUMENT MANAGER? (IM) VARIOUS SOFTWARE VERSIONS / SOFTWARE UPDATE NOTIFICATION / DSCP 06-217
GLAXOSMITHKLINE FLUARIX® (INFLUENZA VIRUS VACCINE - SUBVIRION) / NEWS BULLETIN
HOSPIRA 1% LIDOCAINE HCL INJECTION / IMPORTANT DRUG RECALL / DSCP 06-222

October 2006

WYETH EFFEXOR XR® (VENLAFAXINE HCL) EXTENDED-RELEASE CAPSULES AND EFFEXOR® (VENLAFAXINE HCL) TABLETS / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY NOTICE
HEARTLAND REPACK SERVICES / URGENT DRUG RECALL / MEDWATCH
FDA UPDATES ITS NATIONWIDE ALERT ON COUNTERFEIT BLOOD GLUCOSE TEST STRIPS / FDA NEWS
NOVARTIS GLEEVEC® (IMATINIB MESYLATE) / FDA SAFETY INFORMATION / MEDWATCH
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE / ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS COAGUCHEK® BRAND PT TEST STRIPS / RECOMMENDED FDA CLASS I / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE / ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS COAGUCHEK BRAND PT TEST STRIPS / RECOMMENDED FDA CLASS I / DSCP 06-219
COUNTERFEIT ONCE TOUCH TEST STRIPS / FDA MEDWATCH
EXUBERA (INSULIN HUMAN [RDNA ORIGIN]) RISK OF DOSING ERRORS / ALERT
BAXTER CONTINU-FLO SOLUTION SETS WITH NYPRO CHECK VALVES / SAFETY ALERT / DSCP 06-207
HOSPIRA PRECEDEX® (DEXMEDETOMIDINE HCL INJECTION) / IMPORTANT DRUG RECALL / DSCP 06-204
ABBOTT LABORATORIES VARIOUS SIMILAC LIQUID READY-TO-EAT INFANT FORMULA IN 32-OUNCE PLASTIC BOTTLES AND HOSPITAL DISCARGE KITS / NATIONWIDE RECALL/ DSCP 06-211
MISADMINSTRATION OF MENINGOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE / DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PATIENT SAFETY CENTER ADVISORY
PFIZER SOLU-MEDROL® (METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE) / IMPORTANT CORRECTION OF DRUG INFORMATION
SMALLPOX VACCINE EXTENSION OF DATING FOR LOT 4030013
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON LAMICTAL® (LAMOTRIGINE) / FDA MEDWATCH
TRASYLOL® (APROTININ INJECTION) / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY ADVISORY
GENENTECH AVASTIN® (BEVACIZUMAB) / FDA MEDWATCH DRUG WARNING
RESULTS OF STUDY USING ORTHO EVRA / FDA MEDWATCH

September 2006

DESTRUCTION OF EXPIRED ANTHRAX VACCINE LOT FAV107
1302 JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE / SUPPLY INFORMATION BULLETIN
STORAGE AND HANDLING REQUIREMENTS FOR FLUMIST® VACCINE / INFORMATION BULLETIN
USE OF IBUPROFEN AND ASPIRIN TAKEN TOGETHER / MEDWATCH NOTICE
BD MEDICAL 1ML SAFETYGLIDE? ALLERGY AND TUBERCULIN SYRINGES / URGENT PRODUCT RECALL / DSCP 06-181
SANOFI PASTEUR TEMPORARY SHORTAGE OF ADACEL® VACCINE / UPDATED INFORMATION BULLETIN
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS CONTAINING EPHEDRINE ALKALOIDS / FDA MEDWATCH SAFETY INFORMATION
SANOFI PASTEUR TEMPORARY SHORTAGE OF ADACEL® VACCINE / INFORMATION BULLETIN
August 2006  
BAXTER / CHANGE IN RETURNED GOODS POLICY / INFORMATION ONLY
HARDY DIAGNOSTICS / BHI AGAR WITH VANCOMYCIN / QUALITY ASSURANCE RECALL / DSCP 06-169
GLAXOSMITHKLINE / DEXEDRINE® (DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SULFATE) / LABEL CHANGE / MEDWATCH
FDA WARNS THREE PHARMACIES TO STOP MASS-PRODUCING UNAPPROVED INHALATION DRUGS / FDA MEDWATCH NOTIFICATION
ABRAXIS PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS / FLUMAZENIL INJECTION / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 06-161
AMERICAN® REGENT NOVAPLUS® (HYDRALAZINE HCL INJECTION) / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 06-173
KING PHARMACEUTICALS® / LEVOXYL® (LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM) / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 06-170
IVAX PHARMACEUTICALS HYDROXYZINE PAMOATE / URGENT DRUG RECALL / DSCP 06-171
IVAX PHARMACEUTICALS CILOSTAZOL TABLETS / URGENT DRUG RECALL / DSCP 06-172
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS ACCU-CHEK® COMFORT CURVE AND ACCU-CHEK® ADVANTAGE TEST STRIPS / FIELD CORRECTION / DSCP 06-140
MENTHOLATUM COMPANY / WELLPATCH® COUGH & COLD VAPOR PADS / PRODUCT RECALL / DSCP 06-159
NOVAPLUS® (HYDRALAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE INJECTION) / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 06-164
PUBLIC MESSAGE ON AT-HOME GENETIC TEST / MEDWATCH
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS VARIOUS GLUCOSE METERS / FIELD CORRECTION / DSCP 06-125
UNAPPROVED HIGH-STRENGTH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE / WARNING NOTIFICATION / MEDWATCH
July 2006
SANOFI PASTEUR / DECAVAC® VACCINE (TETANUS & DIPHTHERIA TOXOID) / AMERISOURCE BERGEN VOLUNTARY RECALL
DESTRUCTION OF EXPIRED ANTHRAX VACCINE LOT FAV104
SOLVAY PHARMACEUTICALS MARINOL® (DRONABINOL) CAPSULES / DRUG PRODUCT RECALL / DSCP 06-136
SANOFI PASTEUR DECAVAC (DIPHTHERIA TOXOID, ADSORBED / TETANUS TOXOID) / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 06-124
POINTE SCIENTIFIC LIQUID GLUCOSE HEX REAGENT SETS / URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL / DSCP 06-120
FDA WARNS CONSUMERS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS NOT TO USE BISMACINE, ALSO KNOWN AS CHROMACINE / MEDWATCH
RISK IN TAKING MEDICATIONS TOGETHER / MEDWATCH
SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS (SSRIS) AND TREATMENT CHALLENGES OF DEPRESSION IN PREGNANCY / MEDWATCH
PROCAINAMIDE HCL CAPSULES / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 06-109
DO NOT PURCHASE OR CONSUME ZIMAXX, LIBIDUS, NEOPHASE, NASUTRA, VIGOR-25, ACTRA-RX, OR 4EVERON, ILLEGAL DRUGS / FDA MEDWATCH NOTICE WARNING:
APTIVUS® (TIPRANAVIR) / IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION / MEDWATCH
KETEK® (TELITHROMYCIN) / PRODUCT LABEL UPDATE / MEDWATCH
SMALLPOX VACCINE INFORMATION BULLETIN FOR LOT 4020071
EXUBERA / MEDICATION SAFETY ALERT
AZATHIOPRINE / ROXANE LABS / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 06-137
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE / NOVARTIS TRIAMINIC® VAPOR PATCH / FDA CLASS I RECALL / DSCP 06-119
June 2006  
SMALLPOX VACCINE EXTENSION OF DATING FOR LOT 4030013
SMALLPOX VACCINE EXTENSION OF DATING FOR VARIOUS LOTS
2005/2006 INFLUENZA VIRUS VACCINE / DISPOSITION INSTRUCTIONS / DESTROY
ANTHRAX VACCINE EXPIRATION 90-DAY NOTICE LOT FAV107
WESTCORT® (HYDROCORTISONE VALERATE) AND APOTHECON® (HYDROCORTISONE VALERATE GENERIC) / BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB / QUALITY ASSURANCE RECALL / DSCP 06-100
ABBOTT FREESTYLE FLASH® BLOOD GLUCOSE METER AND FREESTYLE® BLOOD GLUCOSE METER / URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION / DSCP 06-096
BOCA INSULIN SYRINGE / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 06-091
MOBIC® (MELOXICAM) / BOEHR INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS / QUALITY ASSURANCE RECALL / DSCP 06-094
BAUSCH & LOMB / RENU® WITH MOISTURELOC® CONTACT LENS SOLUTION / QUALITY ASSURANCE RECALL / DSCP 06-060 (UPDATE)
DESTRUCTION OF EXPIRED ANTHRAX VACCINE LOT FAV101
MERCK & CO. / GARDASIL FDA LICENSES / FDA NEWS
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NMQC-06-1163 ANGIOTENSIN - CONVERTING ENZYME / FDA SAFETY INFORMATION / MEDWATCH

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NMQC-06-1161 NATALIZUMAB (TYSABRI) / FDA SAFETY INFORMATION / MEDWATCH

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