Database updated: 15 April 2024
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 21652 |
| Brand Name: | NovoPen Echo |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | Batch Numbers, EVG3310-6, EVG4252-2, FVG8412-3, FVG8415-1 |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Ltd 58 Richard Pearse Drive Airport Oaks Auckland |
| Contact Information: | |
| Manufacturer: | Novo Nordisk A/S |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has detected that the insulin cartridge holder used in a small number of NovoPen Echo batches may crack or break if exposed to certain chemicals, for example certain cleaning agents. However when cleaning the pen as described in the NovoPen Echo User Guide, there is no reason to believe that cracking of the cartridge holder will occur. |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be returned to supplier |
| Level of recall: | Public Recall |
| Date Commenced: | 4/7/2017 |
| Additional Information: | www.medsafe.govt.nz/hot/RecallActionNoticesNew/21652.asp |
