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Drug product

LOSARTAN POTASSIUM TABLETS, USP, 100 mg, a) 90-count (NDC: 13668-115-90), b) 1000-count (NDC: 13668-115-10), per bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Torrent Pharmaceuticals LTD, Indrad-382 721, Dist. Mehsana India. For: Torrent Pharma, Inc, 150 Allen Road, Suite 102, Basking Ridge, NJ

D-1116-2019

February 28, 2019

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Torrent Pharma Inc.
Event
Event 82585
Status
Ongoing
Classification
Class II
Quantity
121,668 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1116-2019

Official wording

Reason: CGMP Deviations: FDA lab confirmed presence of an impurity, N-Methylnitrosobutyric acid (NMBA) in the finished product above the interim acceptable daily intake level.

Code information: Count, lots, expiry: [90-count bottle] Lots 4DU3E014, 4DU3E015, exp 1/31/2021; Lot 4DU3E065, exp 7/31/2021; [1000-count bottle] Lot 4DU3D018, exp 11/30/2020; Lots 4DU3E062, 4DU3E063, exp 6/30/2021

Distribution pattern: Nationwide USA and Puerto Rico

Derived failure modes

  • Foreign material or chemical contamination

    reason.foreign_material_chemical_contamination · v1.0.0

    impurity, N-Methylnitrosobutyric acid (NMBA
  • Manufacturing or process control

    reason.manufacturing_process_control · v1.0.0

    CGMP Deviations