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- NHS Regional Offices
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- MHRA (Medicines) Drug Alerts (Various Recipients)
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Class 2: Action within 48 hours
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CLASS 2 DRUG ALERT, ACTION WITHIN 48 HOURS, PATIENT LEVEL RECALL, CESKA REPUBLIKA S.R.O. (AN AFFILIATE OF BAUSCH AND LOMB UK LIMITED), EMERADE 150 MICROGRAMS SOLUTION FOR INJECTION IN PRE-FILLED SYRINGE
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Pharmaswiss Česka republika s.r.o. (an affiliate of Bausch & Lomb UK Limited) is
recalling all unexpired batches of Emerade 150 microgram auto-injectors (also
referred to as pens) from patients due to an error in one component of the auto-injector
believed to cause some pens to fail to activate and deliver adrenaline. More information is provided in the attached alert.
Healthcare professionals (GP Practices, Pharmacies) should, contact patients and carers with Emerade 150mcg pens, to inform them of the recall information contained within this alert. Additional advice has also been provided for patients with Emerade 300mcg pens and Emerade 500mcg pens, which are not currently subject to a recall due to insufficient supplies of alternative brands of pens.
Specific letters for patients can be found in the attachments below.
No further supplies of Emerade will be available on the UK market until the issue has been resolved, therefore patients and carers should be appropriately trained to use other brands.
Full details of the drug alert are included in the attached PDF file. Please forward to listed recipients. This information is also published on the MHRA website https://www.gov.uk/drug-device-alerts.
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NHS England Regional Offices: please cascade this alert to Community Pharmacy, Dentists, Optometrists and any GP Practices not yet registered with CAS.
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- #GP#
- #COMMUNITYPHARMACISTS#
- #DENTISTS#
- #DISPENSING GP#
- #OPTOMETRISTS#
- #NURSES#
- #HospitalPharmacy#
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