Drug Safety Alerts
Attention (ALERT)!
Suspension VEFEC has been declared SUB-STANDARD!
Suspension: VEFEC (CEPHRADINE U.S.P. 250mg/5ml)
Description: Off white color powder having medicine smell contained in amber glass bottle with sealed ALU cap and packed in outer unit carton, it forms pale yellow suspension of pleasant medicinal smell after constitution as directed on label.
Batch No. D-014
Manufactured by: Iceberg Pharmaceuticals (Pvt.) Ltd. Plot No. 0144, Nowshera Industrial Estate, Risalpur, KPK- Pakistan.
Provincial Drug Inspector collected the sample from Tehsil Phalia Dist. MandiBahaudin, and sent it to the Punjab Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL) for testing. Manufacturer has claimed that Cephradine 250mg/5ml. But the DTL has determined that Cephradine 178.25mg/5ml (71.3%) which does not comply the stated specifications. 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. To report an Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Please visit mentioned URL: mss.punjab.gov.pk/reporttgrp
Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department,
Govt. of the Punjab