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Drug product

Metformin Hydrochloride Extended Release Tablets, USP, 500 mg, packaged in a 500-count bottle, Rx only, Distributed by: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. Cranbury, NJ 08512, Manufactured by: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Halol-Baroda Highway, Halol-389 350 Gujarat. India, NDC 62756-142-02

D-0924-2018

July 03, 2018

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.
Event
Event 80440
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
2508 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-0924-2018

Official wording

Reason: Presence of foreign substance: One lot fo Metformin Hydrochloride Extended Release Tablets, USP, 500 mg (500 Count) contains foreign matter identified as a piece of rubber glove detected in one tablet.

Code information: Lot #: JKT0042A, Exp 1/2021

Distribution pattern: AZ

Derived failure modes

  • Foreign material or chemical contamination

    reason.foreign_material_chemical_contamination · v1.0.0

    foreign substance