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Roche Diabetes Care test strip errors leads to recall
Roche Diabetes Care test strip errors has led to a recall of a number of home-use and point-of-care glucose monitoring systems.
The Roche Diabetes Care test strip errors are for the following systems: Accu-Chek Aviva; Accu-Chek Performa; and Accu-Chek Inform II.
There is a risk of a strip error message that may lead to either falsely high or falsely low blood glucose results reported.
Cancer drug recall confirmed by UK regulators
A cancer drug recall has been initiated due to reports of excessive levels of an active ingredient used in the drug.
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca UK has initiated the recall, primarily for batch NG327, because the “level of olaparib polymorphic form L exceeds the registered specification limit”.
As well as the batch being recalled above, there are other batches that are a part of the recall as well, which is all said to be a part of a precautionary measure.
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