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Event 65555

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 20, 2013
Product types
Drug
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Drug Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.

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drug · product 1 of 1

AmBisome (amphotericin B) liposome for Injection, 50 mg, For Intravenous Infusion Only, Single-Use Vial, Rx Only, Marketed by: Astellas Pharma US, Inc., Northbrook, IL 60062, Manufactured by: Gilead Sciences, Inc., San Dimas, CA 91773, NDC 0469-3051-30.

D-821-2013
Recall number
D-821-2013
Initiated
June 20, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Quantity
478,352 vials

App-derived interpretation

Microbial contamination reason.microbial_contamination · v1.0.0
bacterial contamination
Sterility assurance reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0
Lack of Sterility

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Reason for recall

Lack of Sterility Assurance; During a routine simulation of the manufacturing of AmBisome, a bacterial contamination was detected in some media fill units. No contaminated batches have actually been identified in the finished product, but there is a possibility of contamination.

Code information

Lot #: 042262AD, 042262AD1, 042263AD, 042263AD1, 042264AD, 042265AD, 042265AD1, 042265AD2, Exp 06/2015; 42269AK, 042270AD, 042270AD1, 042270AD3, 042270AD4, 042273AD, Exp 07/2015 and 07/2016 (Germany only); 042285AD, Exp 08/2015 and 8/2016 (UK only); 042293AA, 042293AE, 042293AK, 042298AD, Exp 09/2015; 0422A6AD, Exp 10/15 (for Finland, Greece, Turkey) and Exp10/2016 (for Sweden, UK, Lebanon), 0422B0AD, Exp 10/2015 (for Turkey, Netherland, France), and Exp 10/2016 (for Poland), 0422B0AD1, Exp 10/2015, 0422C1AA, 042304AD, Exp 01/2016 (Spain), and Exp 01/2017 (for Germany, Switzerland), 042304AD1, 042311AD, Exp 01/2016, and Exp 01/2017 (France, UK).

Distribution pattern

Foreign distribution only to France, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Denmark,Turkey, Ireland, Norway, Malta, UK, Greece, Belgium, Austria, Germany, India, Hong Kong, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, UAE, Singapore, Ecuador, Oman, El Salvador, MCF Holland, MSF, France, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Spain, Finland, Sweden.