Medicine recalls
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| Canada: Recall: Apo-Risperidone Solution 1mg/ml |
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Apotex Inc. initiated recall of one lot of Apo-Risperidone Solution 1mg/ml (lot no.: KV2311) due to out of specification result for an unidentified impurity. Health Canada classified the hazard level of the recall as Type III, i.e. a situation in which the use of, or exposure to, a product is not likely to cause any adverse health consequences.
Please refer to the following website in Health Canada for details:
http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/../55308r-eng.php
In Hong Kong, Apo-Risperidone Oral Solution 1mg/ml (HK-57547) is a pharmaceutical product registered by Hind Wing Co. Ltd. (Hind Wing), and is a prescription-only medicine. So far, the Department of Health has not received any adverse drug reaction case on the product. As confirmed with Hind Wing, the affected batch has not been imported into Hong Kong.
Ends/ Monday, October 12, 2015
Issued at HKT 14:00
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