Recall of substandard Erythromycin batch

The Drug Administration of Vietnam requires Armepharco 120 LLC to send a recall notice to wholesalers and retailers using Erythromycin 500 mg film-coated tablets lot number VD-31437-19 with an expiration date of June 15, 2028.

Today, February 28, the Drug Administration of Vietnam ( Ministry of Health ) sent an official dispatch to the health departments of provinces and cities and Armepharco 120 LLC to announce the recall of level 2 violating drugs.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam announced the recall of a batch of drugs that violated quality standards.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam announces a nationwide recall of Erythromycin 500 mg film-coated tablets (Erythromycin 500 mg), drug registration number: VD-31437-19; batch number: 022024, manufacturing date: June 15, 2024, expiry date: June 15, 2028, manufactured by Armepharco 120 LLC.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam requests Armepharco 120 LLC to coordinate with drug distributors to send recall notices to wholesalers and retailers using the above-mentioned Erythromycin 500 mg film-coated tablets and recall the entire batch of drugs that do not meet quality standards; send a recall report to the Drug Administration of Vietnam within 18 days from the date of signing the official dispatch.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam requests that health departments and health sectors notify drug trading and using establishments to recall the above substandard batches of drugs, inspect and supervise units implementing this notice; and handle violators according to current regulations.

At the same time, the Hanoi Department of Health is requested to inspect and supervise Armepharco 120 LLC to recall and handle recalled drugs according to regulations.

Previously, the Drug Administration received a report from the Central Institute for Drug Control on the results of additional sampling of a batch of Erythromycin 500mg film-coated tablets, batch number: 022024, production date: 15.6.2024, expiry date: 15.6.2028, which did not meet quality standards for quantitative indicators. This batch of drugs was determined to be a level 2 violation.

According to information from the treatment unit, Erythromycin is an antibiotic prescribed by a doctor to treat certain bacterial infections.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thu-hoi-lo-thuoc-erythromycin-khong-dat-chat-luong-185250228200004818.htm