Multiple African Countries Recall Johnson & Johnson Drug, Elevated Levels Of Toxicity

A batch of Johnson & Johnson has been recalled in several American countries. According to increased toxicity levels, Johnson Children’s Cough syrup was discovered. “Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ( NAFDAC ) announced the recall after laboratory tests found an unacceptably high level of diethylene glycol, which is toxic to humans, prompting regulators in five other African countries to also issue recalls, ” Reuters reports. Drug regulators in Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe even issued recalls of the drug. American states recall Johnson &; Johnson children’s medicine
Why is this company also active in Kenya after Nigeria pulled a batch of cough syrups because they claimed to contain deadly toxins? pic. twitter. com/A0u4rdF75I— Krossa Kat (@ClublessKat ) April 18, 2024RT reports :On April 12, the Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority ( TMDA ) initiated the recall upon receiving information regarding the Nigerian test findings on the previous day. The Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority ( FDA ) also issued the “the present recall for precautionary measures ” on the same day. According to director-general of the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), Richard Rukwata, the organization had decided to resale the product on Monday. The product had an intolerable high level of diethylene glycol, according to the report from the Nigerian regulator, which led to the discovery of severe oral toxicity in laboratory animals. ”Diethylene glycol has been reported to cause chest pain, an inability to pass urine, and acute kidney injury, which can be dangerous. According to the Kenyan Pharmacy and Poisons Board ( PPB), the batch being recalled was produced by JNJ in South Africa in May 2021 and has an expiration date of April 2024. 3 more nations join the Johnson & Johnson recall in Africa Johnson children cough syrup https ://t. co/V6qhypJHDK— Africa Updates ( @africaupdates ) April 16, 2024Zimbabwe has recalled with immediate effect a tainted children’s cough syrup manufactured by Johnson & Johnson was likewise distributed in six African countries. https ://t. co/sTsHVaNWVj— Bloomberg ( @business ) April 15, 2024Per Reuters :South Africa ’s drug regulator said on Tuesday that there was no record of adverse reactions in South Africa or anywhere in the world to the two batches of Benylin Paediatric Syrup it recalled. It said it was conducting tests and investigations, while was manufacturer Kenvue, which now owns the brand after a spin-off from J& J next year. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority told Reuters,” We hope to finalize these quickly. Acute kidney failure can be caused by taking diethylene glycol. One of the worst waves of dental poisoning in history has been linked to the substance, which has been linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia, Uzbekistan, and Cameroon since 2022. Fraden Bitrus, NAFDAC’s director of pharmacovigilance, told Reuters the regulator had been testing cough syrups in response to those deaths, not because of any particular report of harm to children in Nigeria. “We sampled a number of products. Some failed and some passed. This particular product had been sampled earlier, but we were not thinking of diethylene glycol, and because of this, we decided to test the product again, ” he said. [[{“value”:”

Multiple African countries have recalled a batch Johnson & Johnson Children’s Cough Syrup due to elevated levels of toxicity found in laboratory tests. Reuters reports that Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control announced the recall following laboratory tests which found an unacceptably large amount of diethylene glycol. This substance is toxic to humans and regulators in other African countries also issued recalls. Drug regulators from Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa also issued recalls. African states recall Johnson & Johnson’s children’s medicine Kenya has also withdrawn a batch cough syrups after Nigeria, claiming they contain deadly toxins. Why is this company even still around? pic.twitter.com/A0u4rdF75I — Krossa Kat (@ClublessKat) April 18, 2024 RT reports: On April 12, the Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA) initiated the recall upon receiving information regarding the Nigerian test findings on the previous day. On the same date, the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority issued “the current recall for precautionary measure.” The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe director-general Richard Rukwata announced on Monday that his organization had decided to recall this product. According to a report by the Nigerian regulator, “laboratory analysis conducted on this product showed that it contained an unacceptable high level diethylene glycol, and was found to have caused acute oral toxicity in lab animals.” Diethylene glycol has been reported as causing abdominal pain, inability to pass urinary, and acute kidney injuries, which can be deadly. According to the Kenyan Pharmacy and Poisons Board, the batch being recalled is one that was produced by JNJ South Africa in May of 2021 and expires in April 2024. 3 more countries join African recall of Johnson & Johnson children cough syrup https://t.co/V6qhypJHDK — Africa Updates (@africaupdates) April 16, 2024 Zimbabwe has recalled with immediate effect a tainted children’s cough syrup manufactured by Johnson & Johnson which was also sold in six African nations. https://t.co/sTsHVaNWVj — Bloomberg (@business) April 15, 2024 Per Reuters: South Africa’s drug regulator said on Tuesday that there was no record of adverse reactions in South Africa or anywhere in the world to the two batches of Benylin Paediatric Syrup it recalled. It said that it was conducting tests, and so was the manufacturer Kenvue which now owns this brand after a separation from J&J in last year. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority said to Reuters that they hoped to finalise the tests and investigations soon. Diethylene glycol consumption can lead to acute kidney failure. Since 2022, the substance has been implicated in the deaths of dozens children in Gambia and Uzbekistan as well as Cameroon in one of world’s worst outbreaks of oral medication poisoning. Fraden Bitrus told Reuters that NAFDAC’s director for pharmacovigilance had been testing cough medicines in response to these deaths, and not because there was any specific report about harm to children in Nigeria. “We sampled several products. Some products failed, while others passed. We had tested this product before, but did not think of diethylene glycol. So we decided to test it again.

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