News about product defects and withdrawals of medicinal products

  • Recall of the antibiotic Dicillin from Sandoz

    | 07 February 2023 |

    Patients who are treated with Dicillin Sandoz 500 mg capsules are instructed to return the medicine to a pharmacy and have it replaced. It is important not to stop treatment but to have the medicine replaced with another antibiotic. The pharmacies have been informed to dispense an alternative medicine.

  • Recall of valsartan blood pressure medicine

    | 10 August 2018 |

    Impurities that could potentially be harmful to health have been found in variants of medicines containing the active substance valsartan. The medicine is used to treat hypertension and heart failure. Patients treated with these medicines are therefore advised to contact their doctor as soon as possible in order to to be switched to another type of medicine.

  • Withdrawal of one more batch of counterfeit packs of the schizophrenia medicine Xeplion 150 mg

    | 01 August 2017 |

    German and Danish parallel importers and the Danish Medicines Agency are now withdrawing the fourth batch of Xeplion 150 mg from wholesale distributors, hospitals and pharmacies, because the batch contains counterfeit packs.

  • Counterfeit packs of the schizophrenia medicine Xeplion 150 mg

    | 27 July 2017 |

    One German and several Danish parallel importers and the Danish Medicines Agency have withdrawn several batches of Xeplion 150 mg from wholesale distributors, hospitals and pharmacies, because the batches contained counterfeit packs.

  • More batches of EpiPen® are withdrawn

    | 06 April 2017 |

    MEDA has decided to withdraw four more batches of EpiPen®. The withdrawal concerns two batches of EpiPen® 300 micrograms/dose and two batches of EpiPen® Jr 150 micrograms/dose. The latter is used for acute hypersensitivity reactions in children. The reason for the withdrawal is that there is a risk that the auto-injector does not work.

  • Withdrawal of a batch of EpiPen® 300 micrograms

    | 17 March 2017 |

    MEDA recalls a batch of the adrenaline product EpiPen® 300 micrograms/dose, which is used for sudden allergic reactions. There is a risk that the auto-injector does not work. The withdrawal concerns product number 578818 with batch number: 5FA665B and expiry date 03/2017.

  • Takeda Pharma A/S recalls batch of Pamol® in packs of 300 film-coated tablets

    | 21 February 2017 |

    Takeda Pharma A/S recalls a batch of Pamol® in packs of 300 film-coated tablets after the discovery of Ibumetin 600 mg containing ibuprofen in some packs. Both types of medicine are used for the treatment of mild pain, but they work in different ways and may cause different adverse reactions.

  • Update on Europharma DK

    | 03 February 2017 |

    Europharma DK can now legally sell medicines repacked and released by Abacus Medicine.