Events

Recall Or Safety Alert for ACUVUE® OASYS® contact lenses (senofilcon A), lots L001RJ5, L001RJ8 and L001RJ9

According to Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (Via FOI), this recall or safety alert involved a device in Spain that was produced by Johnson&Johnson Vision Care Inc..

What is this?

Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall / Safety Alert
  • Date
    2012-01-16
  • Event Country
    Spain
  • Event Source
    AEMPSVFOI
  • Notes / Alerts
    The data from Spain is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Spain.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Action
    Withdrawal from the market of certain batches of contact lenses ACUVUE® OASYS® (senofilcon A), manufactured by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc., USA, due to the possible presence of levels of a diluent agent higher than expected in contact lenses

Device

ACUVUE® OASYS® contact lenses (senofilcon A), lots L001RJ5, L001RJ8 and L001RJ9

Manufacturer

Johnson&Johnson Vision Care Inc.