Questions and answers about the stolen vials of Herceptin and other affected products

Questions and answers about the stolen vials of Herceptin and other affected products

The distribution company informed its supplied customers on April 18, 2014 and asked for a stock check of the affected batches.

The parallel distributor has informed its supplied customers in a letter dated 18.04.2014 that Herceptin in Italian presentation has been adulterated and introduced into the legal distribution chain. Therefore, a recall of the above mentioned Italian…

Situation Austria: currently only parallel marketed Italian Herceptin and Alimta are affected (as of 18.4.2014). The drug Herceptin is approved throughout Europe for the treatment of early breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer and metastatic…

Update from the European Medicines Agency on stolen vials of Herceptin and other affected products

The distribution company informed its supplied customers on17.04.2014 and asked for a stock check of the affected batch.

The parallel distributor informed its supplied customers on 04/17/2014 and asked for a stock check of the affected batches.

The parallel distributor informed its supplied customers in a letter dated April 17, 2014, that Alimta in Italian presentation is being recalled as a precautionary measure, as it cannot be ensured that the regular distribution chain has been adhered…

Austrian "Summaries of Product Characteristics", "Labellings" and "Patient Information Leaflets" should now be submitted via PHAROS eService "Marketing Authorisation & Lifecycle Management of Medicines": https://eservices.basg.gv.at/ . If you are not…