Drug Safety Alerts

Attention (ALERT)!

Tablet LETEC has been declared SUB-STANDARD!

Tablet: LETEC (Levofloxacin: 500mg)

Description: Blue, orange film coated tablet with a line of bisection on one side in ALU pack of 10 units.

Batch No. 025

Manufactured by: BJ Pharmaceuticals, 18km, Mandiali Stop Sheikhupura Road, Lahore.

Provincial Drug Inspector collected the sample from Sheikhupura Dist. Lahore, and sent it to the Punjab Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL) for testing. The DTL has found that tablets have uneven chipped off coating and all are improperly bisected that does not comply. Therefore, DTL has been declared it SUB-STANDARD that do not meet appropriate quality standards and specifications and may therefore be ineffective and potentially harmful to patients. All concerned are intimated to keep caution in procurement, dispensation, promotion and use of this medicine.

Drug Safety Alerts,

Provincial Drug Control Unit,

Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department,

Govt. of the Punjab