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Drug product

Allergy Liquid Antihistamine, Diphenhydramine HCl USP 12.5 mg/5 mL), Alcohol free, 4 FL. oz. (118 mL) bottle, NDC: 59741-119-06, Manufactured by Bio-Pharm Inc., Levittown, PA 19057, Assured.

D-1347-2019

May 21, 2019

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Torrent Pharma Inc
Event
Event 82889
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
118,080 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1347-2019

Official wording

Reason: cGMP Deviations: Potential product contamination with Burkholderia cepacia (B.cepacia) and Ralstonia pickettii (R. pickettii).

Code information: Lot #s: 17E019; 17E045, Exp. 05/2019

Distribution pattern: Product was distributed to 9 distributors, direct accounts and relabelers who may have further distributed the product throughout the United States.

Derived failure modes

  • Manufacturing or process control

    reason.manufacturing_process_control · v1.0.0

    cGMP Deviations
  • Microbial contamination

    reason.microbial_contamination · v1.0.0

    contamination with Burkholderia cepacia (B.cepacia) and Ralstonia