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Accord’s Metoprolol 50mg tablets recalled

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The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class three medicines recall for Metoprolol 50mg tablets of Accord Healthcare Ltd.

Accord has advised of an issue related to decommissioning of the batches.

“Upon decommissioning at the pharmacy, there have been reports stating that when scanning the serialised 2D code , the status of packs may report as ‘EXPORT’. Although there is no risk to product quality, any remaining stock should be quarantined and returned,” the MHRA has said in a release.

Metoprolol 50mg tablets (PL 20075/0304)

Batch Number Expiry Date Pack Size First Distributed
P2000978 January 2023 28 16 September 2020
P2000285 December 2022 28 07 May 2020

Community pharmacies have been advised to immediately stop supplying the product batches. Healthcare professionals should quarantine all remaining stock and return the same to the concerned supplier using their supplier’s approved process.

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