Pfizer recalls Citalopram tablets from US

Pfizer recalled Citalopram tablets, manufactured by city-based Aurobindo Pharma, from the US market owing to wrong labelling, the pharma major has said in a filing with the US health regulator.

The latest recall, which was notified by the USFDA on August 17, involved 720 units of Citalopram tablets, USP, 10 mg, 100-count bottles.

"Label Mix-Up; Bottles of finasteride 5 mg tablets [90-count] have been found to be incorrectly labelled as citalopram 10 mg [100-count] tablets. The lot number, FI0510058-A, appears on both the citalopram 10 mg labels and the finasteride 5 mg labels," the USFDA said while stating the reason for recall.

 

Earlier, the USFDA had imposed an import alert on the drugs manufactured at Unit-III and VI of the Aurobindo Pharma' plant in Hyderabad, for inadequate labeling system and for not meeting certain prescribed standards.