Events

Recall of Refresh Night Time

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Allergan Inc.

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
  • Event ID
    19060
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-09-28
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Allergan New Zealand Ltd, Cnr Manu Tapu Drive & Joseph Hammond Place, Auckland 2022
  • Reason
    Customer complaints of small black particles that can potentially be introduced into the ointment.
  • Action
    Product to be returned to supplier

Device

Refresh Night Time
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: 85422, 86516, 87052, 87437
  • Manufacturer
    Allergan Inc

Manufacturer

Allergan Inc