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| Canada: Counterfeit Viagra Product Labelled as 100mg Tablets (lot number 314833021) & Cialis Product Labelled as 20mg Tablets (lot number 05668) Found on the Toronto Market |
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A Toronto retail outlet (Handy Variety, 591 Sherbourne St.) has voluntarily handed over counterfeit Viagra and Cialis to Health Canada following a compliance and enforcement action by the Department. The counterfeit Viagra product is labelled as 100mg tablets (lot number 314833021), and has 11 blister packs of 4 tablets and one incomplete blister of 2 tablets per package. The counterfeit Cialis product is labelled as 20mg tablets (lot number 05668) and contains five blister packs of 2 tablets. Health Canada has confirmed with the manufacturers, Pfizer (Viagra) and Eli Lilly (Cialis), that these are counterfeit products. Canadians who have purchased or used these counterfeit Viagra and/or Cialis product should consult their healthcare practitioner with any questions or concerns regarding use of these counterfeit products.
Please refer to the following website in Health Canada for details:
http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/../23209a-eng.php
In Hong Kong, Viagra Tab 100mg (HK-45577) is registered by Pfizer Corporation Hong Kong Limited (Pfizer) and Cialis Tab 20mg (HK-51229) is registered by Eli Lilly Asia, Inc (Eli Lilly). They are prescription-only medicines. According to Pfizer, the lot number 314833021 of the affected product is invalid and there is no evidence showing that the counterfeit Viagra with this lot number is imported in Hong Kong. According to Eli Lilly, the lot number 05668 of the affected product is not a genuine lot number that used in Hong Kong, and counterfeit Cialis bearing the lot number 05668 has previously been found in Hong Kong and in each case the matter has been referred to Customs for enforcement action.
Ends/ Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Issued at HKT 15:00
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