Withdrawal of Medicines is Quite Common – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #884
Withdrawal of Medicines is Quite Common – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #884 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #884 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Anna Shvets Credit: Polina Tankilevich Credit: Wesley Davi My first experience with the withdrawal of a medicine was just a few months after I started working in 1975. We had an injectable antibiotic Reverin (rolitetracycline) which had two variations: intravenous and intramuscular. One day, we received the instructions that the product was being withdrawn and that we had to go to every pharmacy in our area, count the physical stock of the product, and make a credit note, one copy for the pharmacy and one for the office. It was not a widespread product...