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Drug product

Valsartan and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets USP 160mg/12.5 mg, 90-count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured for: Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc., Dayton, NJ 08810. NDC 65862-548-90.

D-0366-2019

December 31, 2018

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc.
Event
Event 81887
Status
Ongoing
Classification
Class II
Quantity
92,616 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-0366-2019

Official wording

Reason: CGMP Deviations: FDA lab confirmed presence an impurity, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDEA) contained in the API used to manufacture the product above the interim acceptable daily intake level of 0.083 parts per million.

Code information: Lot # HTSA17033-A, exp. date 10/2020 Lot # HTSA17034-A, exp. date 10/2020 Lot # HTSA17035-A, exp. date 10/2020 Lot # HTSA17036-A, exp. date 10/2020 Lot # HTSA17040-A, exp. date 10/2020 Lot # HTSA17041-A, exp. date 11/2020 Lot # HTSA17042-A, exp. date 11/2020 Lot # HTSA17043-A, exp. date 11/2020 Lot # HTSA17037-A, exp. date 10/2020 Lot # HTSA17039-A, exp. date 10/2020

Distribution pattern: Product was distributed to 25 distributors and Retail Chains who may have further distributed the product throughout the United States.

Derived failure modes

  • Foreign material or chemical contamination

    reason.foreign_material_chemical_contamination · v1.0.0

    impurity, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDEA
  • Manufacturing or process control

    reason.manufacturing_process_control · v1.0.0

    CGMP Deviations