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Drug product

PGE 2 (Alprostadil) 100 mcg/ml, Sterile, Keep Frozen, The Compounding Pharmacy of America, Knoxville, TN

D-1740-2015

June 02, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
The Compounding Pharmacy of America
Event
Event 71371
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
25 ml
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1740-2015

Official wording

Reason: Lack of Assurance of Sterility; FDA inspection identified GMP violations potentially impacting product quality and sterility

Code information: All lots distributed between November 2014 and May 2015; 04282015@46, 10/25/2015; 04302015@31, 10/27/2015; 05072015@36, 11/3/2015

Distribution pattern: Nationwide

Derived failure modes

  • Manufacturing or process control

    reason.manufacturing_process_control · v1.0.0

    GMP violations
  • Sterility assurance

    reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0

    Lack of Assurance of Sterility