CDER New August 11, 2017

What's New on the FDA Drugs Site

August 10, 2017

• Drug Alert: FDA alerts health care professionals and patients not to use sterile drug products from Vital Rx, dba Atlantic Pharmacy and Compounding 
• FDA updates on 2017 Burkholderia cepacia contamination
• FDA Drug Shortages
  • Atropine Sulfate Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Calcium Chloride Injection, USP (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Cefepime Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Dextrose 50% Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Epinephrine Injection, 0.1 mg/mL (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Fentanyl Citrate (Sublimaze) Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Imipenem and Cilastatin for Injection, USP (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Labetalol Hydrochloride Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Lidocaine Hydrochloride (Xylocaine) Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Methotrexate Sodium Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Multi-Vitamin Infusion (Adult and Pediatric) (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Pantoprazole (Protonix) Powder for Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Penicillin G Benzathine (Bicillin L-A) Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Piperacillin and Tazobactam (Zosyn) Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Potassium Phosphate Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Procainamide Hydrochloride Injection, USP (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Rocuronium Bromide Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Sodium Acetate Injection, USP (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Sodium Bicarbonate Injection, USP (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
  • Sodium Chloride 23.4% Injection (Updated - Currently in Shortage)