Reported Sep 5, 2018 · Terminated

Valsartan Tablets, USP 80 mg Rx Only 50 Tablets (5x10) Unit Dose NDC 50268-784-15 Manufactured for: AvKARE, Inc.…

AVKARE Inc.

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: AVKARE Inc. · 615 N 1st St · Pulaski, TN · 38478-2403

Is this the product you have?

  • Valsartan Tablets, USP 80 mg Rx Only 50 Tablets (5x10) Unit
  • Dose NDC 50268-784-15 Manufactured forAvKARE, Inc. Pulaski, TN 38478
Lot codes and dates
  • Lots
    • 18492 Exp. 11/2018
    • 20169 Exp. 05/2019
Amount recalled
728 cartons (36,400 tablets)

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

CGMP Deviations: Carcinogen impurity detected in API used to manufacture drug product.

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 May 7, 2020 · Data as of Sep 19, 8:00 PM UTC

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