Pfizer Recalls Products
The pharma sector continues to be swamped by product recalls. Pfizer, Inc.’s (PFE – Analyst Report) wholly owned subsidiary, Greenstone, recently announced the voluntary recall of two products in the US due to possible mislabeling. The recalled medicines are citalopram 10mg tablets (100-count bottle) and finasteride 5mg tablets (90-count bottle).
Pfizer indicated that a third-party manufacturer may have placed the incorrect labels on the bottles. While bottles containing citalopram, an anti-depressant, have been labeled finasteride, the reverse has been done for bottles containing finasteride, which is used for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Only one lot has been recalled.
Over the past few quarters, the pharma sector has seen several product recalls. A company that has consistently been in the news for product recalls is Johnson & Johnson (JNJ – Analyst Report).
Last week, Johnson & Johnson recalled several lots of Blake Silicone Drains, Blake Silicone Drain Kits, Blake Cardio Connectors, J-VAC Reservoirs and J-VAC Drain Adapters. In February, the company had announced the voluntary recall of certain lots of its schizophrenia product, Invega Sustenna (234 mg).
Other products that were recalled over the past few quarters include Tylenol, Benadryl, Motrin, Rolaids, Invega Sustenna, Simponi and Sudafed Pe among others.
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Everett WA Landslide Hits Railway Tracks
A railroad spokesman says a major landslide in south Everett, Wash., has buried Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks there.
BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas says the slide at 4:30 p.m. Thursday means passenger train travel through Everett will be halted for 48 hours.
He describes the slide as 5 feet deep and 40 feet wide. Crews are headed to the scene to clear the tracks, which are used by both freight and passenger trains.
A BNSF track inspector’s vehicle was partially buried but he was not caught in the slide.
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Pedestrian Critically Injured In Marysville-Area Collision
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — A 68-year-old man was critically injured by a car while crossing the street Monday evening in the Marysville area, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators said the accident occurred in unincorporated Snohomish County when the man stepped into oncoming traffic to cross 33rd Avenue Northeast in a nondesignated area. The man was transported to a hospital in Everett with critical injuries.
Thirty-third Avenue Northeast remained closed for several hours following the collision while the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Collision Investigation Unit collected information.
The Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the crash remains under investigation and no citations have been issued.
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Milwaukie toddler hit by mom’s car backing out of driveway
A toddler was injured after being hit by an SUV backing out of a Milwaukie driveway Tuesday.
Clackamas County detective Jim Strovink said 18-month-old Brock Aschenbrener was hit while his mother, 33-year-old Charmin Aschenbrener, of Portland, was visiting the home and trying to park.
Investigators did not think the boy was run over, and Strovink said the boy was conscious and breathing at the scene.
He was brought to Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital by ambulance and listed in critical condition on Tuesday afternoon.
Studies show that a high proportion of toddler injuries occur in their driveways when vehicles back up.
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Reward Offered in San Diego Auto Accident
A 36-year-old San Diego husband and father died yesterday when his car slid on a freeway off ramp and slammed into a trash truck on Federal Blvd. Jose Lerma lost control of his car when it traveled over a large patch of used oil that police say was illegally dumped there earlier in the day. Witnesses say Lerma fishtailed in the oil and lost control and crashed.
Police are looking for help in finding the individuals who dumped the oil, which police estimate was four five-gallon buckets. San Diego Crime Stoppers has offered a $1,000 reward, and are encouraging those with any information to call the Crime Stoppers tip line at (888) 580-8477.
