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Drug product

Losartan Potassium Tablets 50 mg 1000 Tablets, USP Rx Only Manufactured for: Macleods Pharma USA inc. Plainsboro, NJ 08536 Manufactured by: Macleods Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA NDC 33342-045-44

D-1458-2019

June 20, 2019

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Macleods Pharma Usa Inc
Event
Event 83151
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
4277 bottles (4,277,000 tablets)
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1458-2019

Official wording

Reason: CGMP Deviations: impurity for N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA) detected in the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) used to manufacture finished products.

Code information: BLI710A Nov 2019

Distribution pattern: Nationwide

Derived failure modes

  • Foreign material or chemical contamination

    reason.foreign_material_chemical_contamination · v1.0.0

    impurity for N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA
  • Manufacturing or process control

    reason.manufacturing_process_control · v1.0.0

    CGMP Deviations