FDA recalls 14 defective products: children’s cough and cold medicine
admin October 12th, 2007
October 12, 2007
Drugstores across Kentucky are pulling 14 defective products from their shelves because of a Food and Drug Adminstration recall covering several over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for infants, according to Courier-Journal.
The nationwide recall came one week before the FDA’s plans for a hearing on nonprescription cough and cold medications for children, slated for Oct. 18-19. The hearing is intended to discover whether the medicines are ineffective and dangerous in light of increasing evidence of serious drug injuries and complications, which may be fatal in some cases.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Novartis Consumer Health Inc., and Wyeth Inc., are the pharmaceutical giants responsible for making these drugs that are involved in the recall and make up at least 95 percent of the market, according to the FDA.
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