USFDA norms violation: Lupin recalls 12,888 bottles of ulcer drug

Famotidine for oral suspension is used for short-term treatment of active duodenal ulcer, active benign gastric ulcer and gastroesophageal reflux disease

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Lupin Pharma

Drug firm Lupin's US arm, Pharmaceuticals Inc, is recalling 12,888 bottles of for oral suspension used in treatment of ulcers from the American market.

The reason for the recall is current Good Manufacturing Practise (CGMP) deviations, United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) said in its latest Enforcement Report.


Pharmaceuticals Inc is recalling 12,888 bottles of for oral suspension USP, 40 mg/5 ml, 50 ml bottle, manufactured by Ltd at its Goa facility, it added.

The ongoing nation wide voluntary recall is a recall, the report said.

for oral suspension is indicated in short-term treatment of active duodenal ulcer, active benign gastric ulcer and gastroesophageal reflux disease.

As per the US FDA, a recall is initiated in "a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences".

First Published: Wed, September 13 2017. 14:55 IST