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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Drug product

Fluorouracil Topical Cream USP, 5%, 40 g Tube, Rx only, Mfd. by: Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. Haifa Bay, Israel 26110, Dist. by: Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Hawthorne, NY 10532, NDC 51672-4118-6.

D-086-2013

November 21, 2012

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
Event
Event 63685
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
39,982 Tubes
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-086-2013

Official wording

Reason: Product Lacks Stability: Out-of-specification (OOS) results were observed for assay and description in retain samples.

Code information: Lot #s: 118903, Exp. March 2013; 119477, 119483, 119743, Exp. May 2013; 119748, June 2013; 110440, Exp. September 2013; 110599, 110602, 110606, 110607, 110949, 110951, 110953, 110954, 110956, 110958, Exp. October 2013; 110962, 110963, 110965, 111659, 111844, Exp. November 2013; 111845, 111846, Exp. December 2013; 112227, 112228, Exp. January 2014.

Distribution pattern: Nationwide and Puerto Rico

Derived failure modes

  • Potency or specification failure

    reason.potency_specification_failure · v1.0.0

    Out-of-specification