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Drug product

Chantix (varenicline) tablets 0.5mg/1mg, 56 Tablets, Rx only, Distributed by Pfizer Labs, Division of Pfizer Inc. NY, NY 10017, Made in Ireland, NDC 00069-0471-03. carton containing one blister pack of 11 0.5 mg tablets and one blister pack containing 42.1 mg tablets.

D-0808-2021

August 13, 2021

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Pfizer Inc.
Event
Event 88497
Status
Ongoing
Classification
Class II
Quantity
Unavailable
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-0808-2021

Official wording

Reason: CGMP Deviations: Presence of the N-nitroso-varenicline impurity above FDA s acceptable interim acceptable intake limit

Code information: Lots 00018522, 00018523, 00018739, 00018740, 00020231, 00020232, 00020357, 00020358, 00020716, 00020813, 00021288, 00021289, 00021420, 00021687, 00021688, 00021788, 00021789, 00021790, 00021791, 00021792, 00022819, 00022851, 00023136, 00023137, 00023190, 00023448, DM0275, DM0276, DM0277, DY4470, EC5911, EC5912, ED6814, ET1600, ET1603, ET1607, ET1609, ET1611 EXPIRATION DATE: August 2021 January 2023

Distribution pattern: Nationwide

Derived failure modes

  • Foreign material or chemical contamination

    reason.foreign_material_chemical_contamination · v1.0.0

    N-nitroso-varenicline impurity
  • Manufacturing or process control

    reason.manufacturing_process_control · v1.0.0

    CGMP Deviations