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Drug product

Metformin HCl Extended-Release Tablets, USP, 500 mg, Rx only, 500 count bottles, Manufactured by: Sun Pharmaceutical Inc. Ltd, Andheri (East) Mumbai-400 059, India, Distributed by: Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd, Detroit, MI --- NDC 62756-142-02

D-1089-2014

January 28, 2014

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd.
Event
Event 67433
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
2528 bottles
Official record key
drug-enforcement:D-1089-2014

Official wording

Reason: Presence of Foreign Tablet; customer complaint of some tablets of Gabapentin found in a bottle of Metformin HCl ER

Code information: Batch JKM2433A, Mfg Date 04/2013; Exp 03/2016

Distribution pattern: Nationwide

Derived failure modes

  • Foreign material or chemical contamination

    reason.foreign_material_chemical_contamination · v1.0.0

    Foreign Tablet