New developments were reported in the voluntary novartis recall in &ldquowhat you need to know about the novartis drug recall,&rdquo from the daily nightly on msnbc.com. It noted, &ldquothe fda warned monday jan. 9 some of novartis&rsquo overthecounter pills may have been packaged with prescription opioid drugs sold by endo pharmaceuticals, which are packaged at the same facility. Those drugs include percocet, endocet, opana and zydone.&rdquo on jan. 8, novartis consumer health inc.
Announced a voluntarily nationwide recall of certain otc products due to the potential presence of foreign tablets or chipped or broken tablets or gelcaps. These included packages of excedrin, bufferin, gasx, and nodoz products. The announcement garnered considerable media attention, showing photos of packaged products and footage of pharmaceutical packaging lines. Packaging also made the news in &ldquostem cell fraud,&rdquo a jan. 8 &ldquo60 minutes&rdquo segment with correspondent scott pelley. As the episode&rsquos script of the segment reads, &ldquowe had the cells sent by the highest medical standard. Duke university suggested we use something called a dry shipper, cooled with liquid nitrogen. We sent the dry shipper to stem tech.
Stem tech sent the frozen cells to us, and we forwarded them to joanne kurtzberg. A computer chip inside our package verified the cells were properly frozen all the way.&rdquo to clarify, 60 minutes said that dan ecklund, founder and director of stem tech labs of equador, is a person it has been tracking regarding stem cellrelated claims. Dr. Kurtzberg, said the show&rsquos script, is a scientist conducting advanced studies in stem cells. Looking back to dec. 30, 2011, packaging was again in the spotlight, this time on the report, &ldquooverthecounter inhalers taken off the market,&rdquo which aired on nbc in fort myers, fl. The storyvideo noted, &ldquolocal pharmacies are preparing to take the only overthecounter asthma inhaler off the shelves. It&rsquos because of concerns its propellant is damaging the ozone layer.&rdquo the report said that the chlorofluorocarbon cfc propellant &ldquois now banned in the u.s. By the food and drug administration because it&rsquos responsible for 110th of a percent of global cfc emissions.&rdquo
