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Drug product

AVKARE Ranitidine Hydrochloride Capsules 300 mg 500 Capsules Rx Only NDC 42291-736-50 UPC 342291736504 Manufactured for: AvKARE, Inc. Pulaski, TN 38478

D-0165-2020

October 17, 2019

Class II

Product summary

Firm
AVKARE Inc.
Event
Event 84081
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
1351 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-0165-2020

Official wording

Reason: CGMP Deviations: Impurity N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) found in API

Code information: Lot 17709 Exp.01/31/2020 Lot 18460 Exp.02/29/2020 Lot 19853 Exp.09/30/2020 Lot 22362 Exp.11/30/2020 Lot 22579 Exp.11/30/2020

Distribution pattern: CO, MO

Derived failure modes

  • Foreign material or chemical contamination

    reason.foreign_material_chemical_contamination · v1.0.0

    Impurity N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA
  • Manufacturing or process control

    reason.manufacturing_process_control · v1.0.0

    CGMP Deviations