FDA Warns Consumers Not To Use Sterile Drugs Made By Pacifico National After Firm Refuses Recall Requests
• By Joanne S. Eglovitch
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After Melbourne, Florida, outsourcer resisted entreaties to recall sterile drugs over contamination and eye infections, the FDA warned consumers not to use sterile drugs compounded by the firm, Pacifico National, doing business as AmEx Pharmacy.
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The US Food and Drug Administration issued a formal request to AmEx Pharmacy to recall its sterile drug products after finding they pose a "serious health hazard" after an inspection revealed numerous good manufacturing practice violations.
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