Recall of PATHROMTIN - reference OTXA

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 DADE BEHRING.

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
    2001-12-04
  • 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
    the company DADE BEHRING withdraws from the market batches 543017 (per 02.11.03) and 543018 (per 11.04.04) of the reagent called: PATHROMTIN - reference OTXA, following a defect of the activator / kaolin suspension causing the Achieving an abnormally elongated activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT).

Device

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

Manufacturer

  • Source
    LAANSM