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Drug product

Diazepam Injection, USP, 10 mg Automatic, Autoinjector for Buddy Use, 5 mg/mL, 2 mL autoinjector, 15-count autoinjectors per carton, Rx only, Meridian Medical Technologies, Columbia, MD 21046; A subsidiary of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; NSN 6505-01-274-0951, NDC 11704-600-01.

D-1369-2012

June 06, 2012

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Meridian Medical Technologies a Pfizer Company
Event
Event 62015
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
83,400 autoinjectors
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1369-2012

Official wording

Reason: Impurities/Degradation Products: High Out of Specification levels for carbostyril, a known degradation product of diazepam.

Code information: Lot #: 8D1082, Exp 01/13; 8D1151, Exp 03/13

Distribution pattern: Nationwide, military, Italy, Singapore, Sweden, and Canada.

Derived failure modes

  • Potency or specification failure

    reason.potency_specification_failure · v1.0.0

    Out of Specification