Re­call re­port: Glass found in Mer­ck an­tibi­ot­ic threat­ens 22,000 vials

A Mer­ck an­tibi­ot­ic has been re­called af­ter re­ports of the pres­ence of glass par­tic­u­late mat­ter, the com­pa­ny an­nounced Tues­day.

One lot of Cu­bicin will be re­called, which in­cludes about 22,000 vials of the 500mg dose of the in­tra­venous­ly ad­min­is­tered drug.

The re­call comes af­ter a piece of glass was found in a vial, rais­ing safe­ty con­cerns.

“Our high­est pri­or­i­ties are the health and safe­ty of pa­tients and the qual­i­ty of our med­i­cines and vac­cines,” said Richard Haupt, the VP of vac­cines & in­fec­tious dis­eases. “We sin­cere­ly re­gret any in­con­ve­nience caused by this re­call.”

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