Events

Recall of Focus DAILIES Toric

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 Ciba Vision.

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
    2006-07-31
  • 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-du-dm-focus-dailies-toric-de-la-societe-ciba-vision
  • 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
    The company Ciba Vision has withdrawn from the market on July 26, 2006 several batches of the medical device called Focus DAILIES Toric following the highlighting of lenses labeled with an incorrect power .. The company has directly notified the recipients (26/07/2006) (95 ko) (ophthalmologists, opticians, wholesalers) of the incriminated lots with the attached message (26/07/2006) (95 KB) validated by Afssaps. The relevant European Competent Authorities are informed of this measured by the manufacturer.

Device

Focus DAILIES Toric
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    Ciba Vision

Manufacturer

Ciba Vision
  • Source
    LAANSM