Pharmaceutical company recalls medicines: Ibuprofen and other medicines affected

Anyone taking certain medicines should definitely check the batch: a manufacturer recalls numerous medicines - including an often sold pain reliever.

• A drug company is recalling numerous drugs .
• The reason: the package insert could contain errors.
• Among the drugs affected is the popular pain reliever ibuprofen .

Munich - The pharmaceutical company Puren Pharma has recalled 235 batches of its medication because the information in the package insert does not comply with the regulations. The Munich- based company said on its website:

"Due to the non-updated package inserts regarding the interactions / warnings / notices and the resulting side effects or newly added side effects for the patient, which were ordered by the BfArM in implementation notices for PSUSA's and were not implemented on time, will be in agreement with the responsible monitoring authority, the government of Upper Bavaria, recalled some finished pharmaceuticals from PUREN Pharma. "

Recall of batches of ibuprofen - company with a list of the drugs concerned

Affected customers can return their medication to Puren Pharma for a refund. The address can be found on the company's website. The mirror had first reported the large recall. Accordingly, the pharmaceutical company has assured the responsible government of Upper Bavaria that it will comply with the regulations for use information. In addition, it is currently adapting "the internal processes".

Puren Pharma published a list of its medicinal products to which the recall applies:

• Atorvastatin PUREN (film-coated tablets)
• Candesartan PUREN (tablets)
• Candesartan-comp PUREN (tablets)
• Diclo-Divido (prolonged-release capsules)
• Docetaxel Aurobindo (concentrate for solution for infusion)
• Finasteride PUREN (film-coated tablets)
• Fluvastatin PUREN (prolonged-release tablets)
• Ibuprofen PUREN (granules)
• Lansoprazole Aurobindo (enteric-coated hard capsules)
• Levetiracetam (PUREN film-coated tablets)
• Levodopa / Carbidopa / Entacapon PUREN (film-coated tablets)
• Oxaliplatin Aurobindo (concentrate for solution for infusion)
• Oxycodone hydrochloride PUREN (hard capsules and prolonged-release tablets)
• Oxycodone-HCl / Naloxon-HCl PUREN (prolonged-release tablets)
• Quetiapine PUREN (film-coated tablets)
• Topiramat PUREN (film-coated tablets)
  Pharma Puren was founded in Zwickau in 1946 under a different name. It is now under the roof of the globally operating Indian Aurobindo Group and exports its products to more than 125 countries.

Drug recall: cases from the past year

There were also drug recalls in 2019. The Federal Institute for Drugs warned urgently of certain heartburn medications - because of possible contamination. A contraceptive for women has also been classified as a potential hazard. And finally, the Bayer group did not come out of the negative headlines. After complaints against daughter Monsanto, the prosecutor's office investigated a death - using the drug Iberogast .

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