Events

Recall of AxSYM / vitamin B12-

According to L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), this recall involved a device in France that was produced by ABBOTT DIAGNOSTIC.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Date
    2002-07-25
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/retrait-de-lots-des-reactifs-vitamine-b12-axsym-et-imx-de-la-societe-abbott-diagnostic
  • Notes / Alerts
    French data is current through early September 2018. All of the data comes from L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), 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 France.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Action
    ABBOTT DIAGNOSTIC company withdraws from the market. batches 89273M300 (per.17.08.02) and 89470M200 (per 16.08.02) of the in vitro diagnostic medical device known as AxSYM / vitamin B12-reference 3C79-2. and batches 75782M200 (per 16.08.02) and 75998M200 (per 24.10.02) of the in vitro diagnostic medical device known as IMx / vitamin B12 - reference 2200-20. as a result of the risk of imprecision that could lead to either a calibration failure or to obtaining out-of-specification control values, or to a lack of reproducibility. These devices allow the determination of vitamin B12 in serum and plasma. on the AxSYM and IMx PLCs.

Device

AxSYM / vitamin B12-
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    ABBOTT DIAGNOSTIC

Manufacturer

ABBOTT DIAGNOSTIC
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Abbott Laboratories
  • Manufacturer comment
    “We are in constant communication with regulatory agencies and competent authorities worldwide which allows us to implement global recalls or in-country communication quickly and effectively,” Abbott, which now owns St. Jude Medical told ICIJ in a statement. In addition to sending global notices to physicians worldwide, we also make sure that product advisories are available online and classification of product recalls and product advisories are determined by global regulatory bodies which can impact the timing in any given country. MD companies follow varying regulations in different countries. In come countries software is not regulated so a recall in one country related to software would not be classified as a recall or field action in another. In addition, review cycles within the regulatory process can be different in each country which can impact communication and recall timing.
  • Source
    LAANSM