Reported Sep 25, 2013 · Terminated

Bevacizumab (Avastin) 2.5mg/0.1mL PF Inj., 0.1 mL syringe, Compounded by Leiter's Compounding Pharmacy, 1700 Park Ave.,…

Leiter's Pharmacy

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Leiter's Pharmacy · 1700 Park Ave · San Jose, CA · 95126-2033

Is this the product you have?

    • Bevacizumab (Avastin) 2.5mg/0.1mL PF Inj
    • 0.1 mL syringe
    • Compounded by Leiter's Compounding Pharmacy
    • 1700 Park Ave
    • # 30
    • San Jose
    • CA 95126
Lot codes and dates
    • Lot #: 08052013@1
    • 08052013@4
    • Exp 11/03/2013
Amount recalled
265 vials

This recall covers 4 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 3 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Leiter Pharmacy is recalling due bacterial contamination found after investigation at contract testing laboratory discovered that OOS/failed results were reported to customers as passing. Hence the sterility of the products cannot be assured.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA drug enforcement) notice

Notice updated Aug 14, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 7:57 PM UTC

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