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Drug product

Estradiol 20 mg, Sterile Pellet, The Compounding Pharmacy of America, Knoxville, TN

D-1469-2015

June 02, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
The Compounding Pharmacy of America
Event
Event 71371
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
120 pellets
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1469-2015

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; 12082014@58, 6/6/2015; 02032015@42, 7/1/2015; 02272015@28, 8/26/2015; 03242015@97, 9/20/2015; 05052015@62, 11/1/2015

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