Comments on: Lipitor Recall Initiated by Pfizer http://thenewsoftoday.com/lipitor-recall-initiated-by-pfizer/3418/ Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jack Maggiore http://thenewsoftoday.com/lipitor-recall-initiated-by-pfizer/3418/#comment-6422 Jack Maggiore Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:39:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=3418#comment-6422 Just found this on the FDA Website. PRODUCT RECALL Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium), tablets, 40 mg, 90 count bottle, Rx Only, NDC 0071-0157-23. Recall # D-939-2010 CODE Lots 0855020, 0819020, 0842020, 0843020, 0854020; All Exp 01/13 RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Recalling Firm: Pfizer Inc., New York, NY, by letters on August 18, 2010. Manufacturers: Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, Ireland; Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland Gmbh, Freiburg, Germany; Rexam, Las Piedras Puerto Rico. Firm initiated recall is ongoing. REASON Chemical Contamination: complaints of an uncharacteristic odor identified as 2, 4, 6 tribromoanisole. VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 4,607,808 bottles DISTRIBUTION Nationwide RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: BIOLOGICS - CLASS II Just found this on the FDA Website.

PRODUCT RECALL
Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium), tablets, 40 mg, 90 count bottle, Rx Only, NDC 0071-0157-23. Recall # D-939-2010
CODE
Lots 0855020, 0819020, 0842020, 0843020, 0854020; All Exp 01/13
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Recalling Firm: Pfizer Inc., New York, NY, by letters on August 18, 2010.
Manufacturers: Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, Ireland;
Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland Gmbh, Freiburg, Germany; Rexam, Las Piedras Puerto Rico. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Chemical Contamination: complaints of an uncharacteristic odor identified as 2, 4, 6 tribromoanisole.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
4,607,808 bottles
DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide
RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: BIOLOGICS – CLASS II

]]> By: Jack Maggiore http://thenewsoftoday.com/lipitor-recall-initiated-by-pfizer/3418/#comment-6421 Jack Maggiore Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:34:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=3418#comment-6421 Which lot numbers were recalled? Which lot numbers were recalled?

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