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Safety Notices

The purpose of these notices relating to the safety and/or quality of medicinal products is to update users and health care professionals of important changes to medicines, and to explain the reasons for those changes. The notices are classified under a number of categories and may relate to human and veterinary medicines, or medical devices.   

The issues covered by these notices will range from quality defect information and medicinal product safety information through to updated information on the appropriate usage of medicines or devices.

Notices are categorised in accordance with their importance at time of publication.

The four notice categories are outlined as follows:

 
  • Advisory        Routine safety information
  • Warning         Urgent safety information
  • Recall             Urgent safety information relating to a product recall
  • Publications  General safety information provided by the HPRA for publication via 3rd parties e.g. EMA

Date Title Type
15/01/2021 Alamycin LA 200 mg/ml Solution for Injection (VPA 22664/016/001) - change in withdrawal periods (milk, meat and offal) and change in dosing instructions for sheep and pigs Advisory
05/10/2020 Batch Recall Notice for Veterinary Medicine: Carprieve 50 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Cattle Recall
02/10/2020 Veterinary medicinal products containing tylosin base (as a single active substance) presented as solutions for injection for intramuscular use in pigs – change in the withdrawal period for animal slaughter Advisory
09/06/2020 Synulox Lactating Cow – Advisory Notice Update Advisory
02/06/2020 Recall of two batches of Pharmasin 200 mg/ml solution for injection for cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, VPA10782/015/001, labelled as Pharmasin 200 mg/ml Solution for injection for cattle and pigs, VM 30282/4028 to Veterinary Surgeon Level in Ireland Recall
28/01/2020 HPRA commences procedure to consider precautionary restrictions on the use of veterinary medicinal products containing the excipient diethanolamine Advisory
20/01/2020 Synulox Lactating Cow – Advisory notice Advisory
12/12/2019 European Medicines Agency advice on use of live attenuated PRRSV vaccines in pigs Advisory
03/12/2019 Recall of one batch of Cydectin 1% w/v Injectable Solution for Sheep, VPA10387/014/001 to Veterinary Surgeon / Licensed Merchant / Pharmacy Level Recall
21/10/2019 Suspension of marketing authorisation for Parofor 175 mg/ml solution for injection for pigs Advisory
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