Recall of Pastorex Strep and Pastorex Strep B reagent

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 Bio-Rad.

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
    2007-11-29
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
  • 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
    Afssaps was informed by Bio-Rad of the withdrawal, on 21/11/2007, of several batches of Pastorex Strep and Pastorex Strep B reagents, used for the grouping of streptococci (Lancefield classification). The users of this device concerned, in France, received the attached mail (29/11/2007) (115 KB). This information is intended for laboratory managers, directors of health establishments and local correspondents of reactive vigilance for distribution to the concerned biology departments.

Device

  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer