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.

Frequent product recalls have adversely affected the sales of Johnson & Johnson’s Consumer Healthcare segment in 2010. In fact, Consumer segment sales declined 7.7% in 2010 to $14.6 billion with OTC/nutritional sales declining 19.2%. The product recalls and the suspension of manufacturing at McNeil’s Fort Washington plant resulted in a $900 million negative impact on 2010 revenues.

Johnson & Johnson had submitted a Comprehensive Action Plan (CAP) in July 2010 to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the improvement of quality systems at its US manufacturing plants.

In March 2011, the FDA imposed a consent decree on a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. The agency imposed restrictions on the manufacturing facilities of the Consumer Healthcare Division of McNeil-PPC, Inc.

Three manufacturing plants will be affected by the decree. The affected plants include the Las Piedras facility in Puerto Rico, the Fort Washington and Lancaster facilities in Pennsylvania.

The consent decree did not come as a major surprise considering the deluge of product recalls at Johnson & Johnson in the past several quarters

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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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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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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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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.

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