Schlagwort: medical product alerts

Falsified ICLUSIG traded globally

This Medical Product Alert relates to falsified Verorab® vaccines that have been identified in the Philippines and reported to WHO. This vaccine is used for the prevention of rabies in children and adults. It can be used to protect those who are at risk of exposure to rabies (pre-exposure vaccination) or to prevent the development of rabies after exposure has occurred, usually following the bite of an animal suspected of having rabies (post-exposure prophylaxis). Its genuine version is manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur.

Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral disease that is almost always fatal following the onset of clinical symptoms. Rabies is present on all continents, with over 95% of human deaths occurring in the Asia and Africa regions.

Medical Product Alert N° 3/2018 – Falsified Hepatitis B Vaccines circulating in Uganda

This Medical Product Alert relates to a falsified version of Augmentin (Amoxycillin + clavulanate potassium) that has been identified in Cameroon and recently reported to WHO.

Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid is used to treat a range of bacterial infections and is listed as a WHO Essential Medicine.

This Medical Product Alert relates to two versions of falsified cefixime products that have been identified in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (South Kivu), and recently reported to WHO.

Cefixime is used to treat a range of bacterial infections and is listed as a WHO Essential Medicine.