Recalls / Class III
Class IIID-0950-2016
Product
¿Topicort (desoximetasone) Cream USP, 0.05%, Packaged in 5 g Tubes, Professional Sample Only, Rx Only. Mfd. by: Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada L6T 1C1, Dist. by: TaroPharma a division of Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., Hawthorne, NY 10532. NDC: 51672-5205-5.
- Affected lot / code info
- Lot # A5192-18338, Expiry: 12/2016
Why it was recalled
Subpotent Drug
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
- Notification channel
- Letter
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 3 Skyline Dr, N/A, Hawthorne, New York 10532-2174
Distribution
- Quantity
- 62,800 Tubes
- Distribution pattern
- U.S. Including: CA, CT, MA, MD, NY, NJ, OK, TX, and WA
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2016-03-31
- FDA classified
- 2016-05-31
- Posted by FDA
- 2016-06-08
- Terminated
- 2018-06-06
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Drug Enforcement endpoint. Recall record D-0950-2016. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.