Events

Recall of PASTOREX TOXO - code 72724

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
    2002-03-18
  • 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-d-un-lot-du-dispositif-div-pastorex-toxo-de-la-societe-bio-rad
  • 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 BIO - RAD withdraws the lot 2C150 (per 30.01.03) from the market of the in vitro diagnostic medical device called: PASTOREX TOXO - code 72724, following a production failure leading to the obtaining of non compliant results for the products. control sera - positive and negative - and therefore, to invalidation of the test. This device allows the research of anti toxoplasma antibodies in the serum.

Device

PASTOREX TOXO - code 72724
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    BIO - RAD

Manufacturer

BIO - RAD
  • Source
    LAANSM