News of considerable importance to patient safety

  • Danish Medicines Agency releases COVID-19 vaccine batch from quarantine

    | 20 October 2023 |

    On 17 October, the Danish Medicines Agency decided to quarantine a specific batch (batch HG2252) of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech. Since then, the Danish Medicines Agency and Pfizer have worked together to review the documentation of the batch in question, based on which the agency has now decided to release said batch from quarantine.

  • Covid-19 vaccine batch in quarantine

    | 18 October 2023 |

    As a precautionary measure, the Danish Medicines Agency has decided to quarantine a specific batch of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech in response to vaccine centres having observed a possible error when using a specific vaccine batch. Over the next days, some people will therefore experience having their vaccination appointment cancelled. At present, there are no signs of any impact on the efficacy and safety of the batch in question.

  • 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.