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Bedford Laboratories Issues Nationwide Voluntary Hospital/User‐Level Recall Of Leucovorin Calcium Injection

Contact:
Consumer:
For Information: 1-800-562-4797
Adverse Reactions: 1-800‐521‐5169

Media:
Marjorie Moeling, 440-703-7525
marjorie.moeling@boehringer‐ingelheim.com
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 3, 2012 -Bedford Laboratories™ today announced a nationwide voluntary hospital/user‐level recall for:

 Please note: This recall is for lots listed in the above table only. No other lots of Leucovorin Calcium Injection are subject to
this voluntary recall.

This voluntary recall is being conducted due to the discovery of visible crystalline particulate matter in a small number of vials
within the lots listed above. The particulate matter has been identified as active drug substance and not foreign material or
contamination. Particulate matter has been recognized as a potential health hazard. Adverse reactions may include vein
irritation and phlebitis, clinically occult pulmonary granulomas detected at routine autopsy examination, local tissue
infarction, severe pulmonary dysfunction, occlusion of capillaries and arteries, anaphylactic shock and death.

Leucovorin Calcium rescue is indicated after high‐dose methotrexate therapy in osteosarcoma. Leucovorin Calcium is also
indicated to diminish the toxicity and counteract the effects of impaired methotrexate elimination and of inadvertent
overdosages of folic acid antagonists; the treatment of megaloblastic anemias due to folic acid deficiency when oral therapy
is not feasible; and for use in combination with 5‐fluorouracil to prolong survival in the palliative treatment of patients with
advanced colorectal cancer.

Notification of the Leucovorin Calcium lots listed above is being sent to customers who have received product from the
identified lots. Healthcare practitioners who had received the lot were instructed not to use the product and immediately
quarantine it for return. Anyone with questions can contact Bedford Laboratories Client Services at
800‐562‐4797 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

Any adverse reactions experienced with the lot reported in this release should be reported to Bedford Laboratories at
800‐521‐5169. Adverse reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of this product may also be reported to the
FDA’s MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program: