Hanoi: 7 drug samples discovered at Duc Anh pharmacy with unknown origin

The Drug Administration of Vietnam requested the Hanoi Department of Health to urgently report to Steering Committee 389 and coordinate with the police, local Steering Committee 389 and relevant authorities to conduct an inspection.

On May 30, the Drug Administration of Vietnam ( Ministry of Health ) informed that it had sent a document to the Department of Health of provinces and centrally-run cities to notify about counterfeit drugs, drugs of unknown origin and handle violations.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam said it had received Official Dispatch No. 942/KNTMPTP-KHTCKT dated May 27, 2025 from the Hanoi Center for Testing Drugs, Cosmetics and Food, attached with the Minutes of taking drug and cosmetic samples for quality testing dated May 12, 2025 and Analysis Certificate No. 625/KNT-25 dated May 27, 2024, reporting that the product sample with information printed on the label: DIAMICRON ® MR 60mg (Gliklazid), batch number: 23F603, expiry date: 04.2026, did not meet the quality requirements for the Gliclazid Quantification indicator according to the Vietnamese Pharmacopoeia V - monograph Gliclazid Tablets with the result of 42.5mg/tablet (70.83% compared to the content printed on the label).

The above sample of DIAMICRON ® MR 60mg and 6 other samples taken for quality testing at Duc Anh Pharmacy under Duc Anh Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Company Limited - No. 08 Huynh Thuc Khang extended street, Lang Thuong, Dong Da district, Hanoi all do not have information on the Circulation Registration Certificate number and/or Import License number; information on the drug manufacturing facility and drug importing facility.

Drugs include:

Drug name: DIAMICRON ® MR 60mg (Gliklazid), Batch number: 23F603, Expiry date: 04.2026.

Drug name: Oseltamivir; Batch number: M1164B01; Production date: 03.2021, Batch number: Expiry date: 03.2023;

Drug name: Crestor 20mg (Rosuvastatin); Batch number: A23237030, Expiry date: 04.2026.

Drug name: Janumet 50/1000mg (Sitagliptin/Metformin); Batch number: 24497505A, Expiry date: 07/2026

Drug name: Plavix (Klopidogrel); Batch number: ELB04027, Expiry date: 05/2027.

Drug name: NEXIUM® 40mg Enterik Kapli Pellet Tablet (Esomeprazole), batch number: 23H420, Expiry date: 09.2027.

Drug name: Crestor 10mg (Rosuvastatin); Batch number: A24236004, Expiry date: 07.2027.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam requests the Hanoi Department of Health to urgently report to the Steering Committee 389 and coordinate with the police, market management agencies, local Steering Committee 389 and relevant authorities to conduct inspections and checks on the compliance with pharmaceutical laws of Duc Anh Pharmacy under Duc Anh Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Company Limited - No. 08 Huynh Thuc Khang Street, Lang Thuong, Dong Da District, Hanoi; Trace the origin of 07 product batches without information on the circulation registration number and/or import license number, the manufacturing facility, and the importing facility mentioned above; strictly handle the violating facility according to regulations; report the results of inspection, examination and handling to the Drug Administration of Vietnam before June 2, 2025.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam also requested the Department of Health of provinces and centrally-run cities to communicate and inform drug trading and using establishments and people not to buy/sell or use the 07 batches of products without information on the circulation registration number and/or import license number, manufacturing facility, and importing facility mentioned above; only buy and sell drugs at legal pharmaceutical business establishments; do not buy/sell drugs of unknown origin; promptly notify health agencies and relevant competent agencies of any suspicious signs of production and trading of counterfeit drugs or drugs of unknown origin.

The Drug Administration also requested relevant units to urgently advise the People's Committees of provinces/cities to resolutely implement the opinions of the Government, the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Health, the Drug Administration, and organize a peak month to fight and prevent counterfeit drugs.

Previously, on May 29, the Drug Administration of Vietnam (Ministry of Health) announced that it had just discovered counterfeit Theophylline Extended Release Tablets 200mg (Theophylin 200mg) - an asthma treatment drug that did not meet the quantitative standards stated on the label, only 6.3%.

Also on May 29, the Drug Administration of Vietnam informed that it had received a report from the Hanoi Center for Drug, Cosmetic and Food Testing regarding the product sample with the following information on the label: THEOPHYLLINE EXTENDEDRELEASE TABLETS 200mg (Theophylin 200mg), batch number 21127, manufacturing date February 26, 2022, expiry date February 26, 2026; place of manufacture Pharmacy Laboratories Plus; the drug sample did not have information about the GĐKLH number and/or the GPNK number, the import facility on the label.

The above drug sample was taken by the Hanoi Center for Drug, Cosmetic and Food Testing at An An Pharmacy (address: No. 153, Group 14, Kien Hung Ward, Ha Dong District, Hanoi); it did not meet the quality requirements for Theophylline quantification (only 6.3% compared to the content stated on the label)./.

(Vietnam+)

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