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NEW DELHI: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories recalled over 8,000 bottles of a generic medication used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ from the US market due to a packaging error, according to the US Food & Drug Administration.
The Hyderabad-based drug major is recalling 8,280 bottles of Tacrolimus capsules from the US market for ‘presence of foreign tablets/capsules’ in the affected lot.
One 0.5 mg Tacrolimus capsule was found in a bottle of 1 mg Tacrolimus capsules, the USFDA stated in its latest Enforcement Report.
The affected lot was produced at Dr Reddy’s Bachupally-based plant near Hyderabad.New Jersey-based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc has initiated the nationwide (US) Class II recall on December 15, 2023.