Click Here for previous ETHEX recalls ETHEX CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF KV PHARMACEUTICAL (NYSE: KVA/KVB), IS ISSUING, AS PREVIOUSLY DISCLOSED BY KV PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY ON JANUARY 26, 2009, A NATIONWIDE VOLUNTARY RECALL OF THE PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED BELOW (ALL LOTS WITHIN THEIR EXPIRATION DATES) AT A WHOLESALE OR A RETAIL LEVEL AS A PRECAUTIONARY … [Read more...]

CONTACT: TAMMY BUTLER, CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER 1-877-567-7676 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- ST. LOUIS, JAN. 28, 2009 – THER-RX CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF KV PHARMACEUTICAL (NYSE: KVA/KVB), IS ISSUING, AS PREVIOUSLY DISCLOSED BY KV PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY ON JANUARY 26, 2009, A VOLUNTARY NATIONWIDE RECALL OF THE PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED BELOW (ALL … [Read more...]

THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED A CLASS I RECALL OF LOT NO. UD30654 OF HEALON D, AN OPHTHALMIC VISCOSURGICAL DEVICE (OVD) MANUFACTURED BY ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS INC. (AMO) OF SANTA ANA, CALIF. OVDS ARE VISCOELASTIC MATERIALS USED TO MAINTAIN SPACE IN THE EYE DURING SURGERY. TYPICALLY, OVDS ARE PRE-PACKAGED IN A SYRINGE AND ARE … [Read more...]

Stryker Craniomaxillofacial has issued a nationwide recall of its Custom Cranial Implant Kits; Catalogue Numbers 54-00101, 54-00102, 54-00103 and 54-00104, all lots shipped sterile Stryker's Craniomaxillofacial (CMF) business unit announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concluded on Dec. 18, 2008 that its recall of the … [Read more...]

Note: Also see related ETHEX Hydromorphone Recall CONTACT: CATHERINE BIFFIGNANI (314) 645-6600 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --ST. LOUIS – DEC. 23, 2008 – KV PHARMACEUTICAL HAS ADVISED THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) THAT, EFFECTIVE MIDNIGHT DEC. 19, 2008, THE COMPANY VOLUNTARILY SUSPENDED ALL SHIPMENTS OF ALL FDA APPROVED DRUG PRODUCTS IN … [Read more...]