Drug Safety Alerts
ATTENTION (ALERT)!
Tablet: CALAMOX 375mg
Description: White coloured oblong tablet, plain on both sides.
Batch No. C17757, C17763, C17764, C17767, C17768, C17769
Exp. Date: 04-2019
Manufactured by: Bosch Pharmaceuticals (Pvt.) Ltd. Karachi, Pakistan
Background: Provincial Drug Inspector collected the sample from Government Sub-Medical Store Depot, Lahore and sent it to the Punjab Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL) for testing and analysis.
Problem: The Punjab Drug Testing Laboratory applied dissolution test on all above-mentioned batches and found results out of claimed specs. DTL declared these batches SUB-STANDARD.
Recommendation: These batches do not meet appropriate quality standards and specifications and may therefore be ineffective and potentially harmful to patients. All concerned are intimated to keep avoid in procurement, dispensation, promotion, sale and use of these batches.
Note. Healthcare professionals and consumers are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of any pharmaceutical product to Provincial Drugs Control Unit Punjab through mentioned URL: mss.punjab.gov.pk/reporttgrp
Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department,
Govt. of the Punjab