Official announcements
Safety warnings
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messages in brief
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25/09/2014
Auto-injectors containing adrenaline are used for emergency treatment of anaphylactic shock or allergic reaction (e.g. to insect stings or bites, food or drugs). The active substance in the auto-injector (pen) is adrenaline, a substance that…
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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24/09/2014
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Hungarian authority that the first human WNV infections have been recorded in Hungary. The affected areas are Szeged and Deszk (Csongrád County), Szajol (Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok County), Üllö (Pest County) and districts XII and XVII of Budapest.
Safety warnings
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Medicines
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17/09/2014
In addition to isolated cases of tampered Italian Herceptin distributed in parallel, tampered MabThera of Romanian origin has now emerged.
Safety warnings
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messages in brief
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17/09/2014
Situation EU: In addition to individual cases of manipulated, parallel distributed Italian Herceptin, manipulated, parallel distributed MabThera of Romanian origin has now occurred in Germany (as of 16.9.2014) The Paul Ehrlich Institute warns of…
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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15/09/2014
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Italian authority that there are currently human confirmed WNV cases in Italy for the following areas.
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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15/09/2014
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Romanian authority that additional confirmed human WNV (neuro-invasive disease) infections have been recorded in Romania.
Recall
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Medicines
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12/09/2014
Gedeon Richter Austria GmbH" informed its supplied gynecologists in a letter dated September 10, 2014, that instabilities were detected in the affected physician sample batch, which could shorten the shelf life and therefore no further distribution…
Recall
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Medicines
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11/09/2014
The parallel distributor informed its supplied customers on 10.09.2014 that the batches originating from Romania had been illegally introduced into the legal distribution chain and that the product may therefore no longer be used. These batches were…
Recall
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Medicines
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11/09/2014
The parallel distributor informed its supplied customers on 10.09.2014 that the batches originating from Romania had been illegally introduced into the legal distribution chain and that the product may therefore no longer be used. These batches were…
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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08/09/2014
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety was informed by the Romanian authority that a new confirmed case of human WNV infection (neuro-invasive disease) was recorded in Romania, Scanteia (Ialomiţa county).