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- 2013.05.07
Recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 7) ordered a licensed wholesaler of proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm), Beijing Tong Ren Tang Hong Kong Medicine Management Limited (Tong Ren Tang), to recall from consumers a batch of pCm, namely [Tong Ren...
- 2013.05.03
Recall of Benzo-Jel Topical Anesthetic Gel
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 3) instructed a licensed drug wholesaler, Henry Schein Hong Kong Holdings Limited, to recall from the market all flavours of Benzo-Jel Topical Anesthetic Gel as they are unregistered pharmaceutical products in...
- 2013.05.03
Recall of one batch of Weelgac-S Syrup
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 3) instructed a licensed drug wholesaler, National Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, to recall a batch of Weelgac-S Syrup (registration no. HK-12650, batch no. 421201) from the shelves due to a quality issue. Under the...
- 2013.05.03
Safety alert on CoaguChek blood coagulation testing devices
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 3) drew public attention to a safety alert issued by a local medical device supplier, Roche Diagnostics (Hong Kong) Limited, on the potential for three of its blood coagulation testing devices, namely...
- 2013.05.02
Deregistration of pharmaceutical products containing combination of corticosteroid and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 2) urged members of the public to pay attention to the decision by the Pharmacy and Poisons (Registration of Pharmaceutical Products and Substances: Certification of Clinical Trial/Medicinal Test) Committee of...
- 2013.05.02
Man arrested for illegal sale of unregistered pharmaceutical product with controlled drug ingredient on the Internet
A 67-year-old man was arrested today (May 2) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for the suspected illegal sale of an unregistered pharmaceutical product called "Men's Rogaine Extra Strength 5% Minoxidil Topical...
- 2013.04.26
Recall of improperly labelled proprietary Chinese medicine
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 26) ordered a licensed...
- 2013.04.19
Man arrested for illegal sale of unlabelled slimming products with banned substances on the Internet
A 34-year-old man was arrested today (April 19) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for illegal sale of Part I poisons and unregistered pharmaceutical products. The products sold were unlabelled slimming products...