The Recall Desk

FDA (Drugs) recall action 65393

Pfizer Inc. recalled 2 products on 2013-07-10

The FDA (Drugs) publishes a recall like this one as 2 separate product records. They share a firm, a date and a cause; this page is all of them in one place, so the scale of the action is visible rather than spread across 2 pages.

Products
2
Announced
2013-07-10
Critical
0
Units
568,177

Why these products were recalled

Failed Dissolution Specifications: Pfizer Inc. is recalling PREMPRO (conjugated estrogens/medroxyprogesterone acetate tablets) because certain lots for this product may not meet the dissolution specification for conjugated estrogens.

Failed Dissolution Specifications: Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) is recalling PREMPRO (conjugated estrogens/medroxyprogesterone acetate tablets) because certain lots for this product may not meet the specification for conjugated estrogens dissolution.

The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.

The unit total adds up the quantities the agency stated for each product. Where a product record gave no figure, or gave a weight rather than a count, it contributes nothing — so the real total is at least this, never less.

States named across these recalls

1–2 of 2

  • LowFDA (Drugs)··2013-07-10

    Pfizer Recalls Prempro Tablets Due to Dissolution Specification Failures

    Pfizer is recalling specific lots of Prempro tablets because they may not meet dissolution specifications for conjugated estrogens.

    Product
    Prempro (Conjugated Estrogen/Medroxyprogesterone Acetate) tablets 0.625 mg/2.5 mg, 1 blister card containing 28 tablets, Rx only, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., Philadelphia, PA, NDC 0046-0875-11
    Category
    Distribution
    1 state
  • LowFDA (Drugs)··2013-07-10

    Pfizer Recalls Prempro Tablets Due to Dissolution Specification Failures

    Pfizer is recalling specific lots of Prempro tablets because they may not meet dissolution specifications for conjugated estrogens.

    Product
    Prempro (Conjugated Estrogen/Medroxyprogesterone Acetate) tablets 0.625 mg/5.0 mg, 1 blister card containing 28 tablets, Rx only, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., Philadelphia, PA 1910, NDC 0046-0975-11
    Category
    Distribution
    1 state