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Warning Letters and Untitled Letters
to Pharmaceutical Companies
2002

These letters, sorted by month, are supplied by the CDER Freedom of Electronic Information Office. This page only covers Division of Drug Marketing and Communications and Headquarters Warning Letters.  For District Office Warning Letters see the Main FDA FOI Warning Letters Page.    Some of the letters have been redacted or edited to remove confidential information. Click on the month to view the letters in Adobe Acrobat format.

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The letters are arranged in chronological order by month.  Click on the product name to view the letters in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Go here for further information about Adobe Acrobat and download instructions.

Also see the "Cyber" Letters.

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December 2002

Product Company Division Released Posted
Retin-A Micro (tretinoin gel) microsphere Johnson & Johnson DDMAC 12/3/2002 12/10/2002
Taxotere (docetaxel) for injection Aventis Pharmaceuticals DDMAC 12/15/2002 1/31/2003
Transderm Scop (scopolamine) Transdermal Therapeutic System Novartis DDMAC 12/3/2002 11/14/2002

November 2002

Product Company Division Released Posted
Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride) tablets Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. DDMAC 11/7/2002 11/14/2002
Methotrexate, Leucovorin, and Amicar - Warning Letter Xanodyne Pharmacal, Inc. DDMAC 11/14/2002 11/26/2002
Plan B (levonorgestrel) tablets Women's Capital Corporation DDMAC 11/19/2002 11/26/2002
Reminyl (galantamine HBr) Janssen Research Foundation DDMAC 11/20/2002 11/26/2002
Site Inspection (Warning Letter) Mayne Pharma Pty., Ltd. DMPQ 11/21/2002 12/18/2002
Suprax (cefixime) Oral Wyeth-Ayerst DDMAC 11/5/2002 11/14/2002

October 2002

Product Company Division Released Posted
Guaifenesin: single product Warning Letters (45 total) multiple companies Compliance 10/11/2002 11/8/2002
Guaifenesin: mulitple products Warning Letters (26 total) multiple companies Compliance 10/11/2002 11/8/2002
Mobic (meloxicam) tablets Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals DDMAC 10/24/2002 11/27/2002
Tracleer (bosentan) tablets Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. DDMAC 10/30/2002 11/14/2002

September 2002

Product Company Division Released Posted
Celexa Forest Laboratories DDMAC 9/13/2002 10/3/2002
Geodon (ziprasidone HCL) Pfizer, Inc. DDMAC 9/3/2002 9/19/2002

August 2002

Product Company Division Released Posted
Cedax (ceftibuten) Biovail Pharmaceuticals DDMAC 8/22/2002 9/19/2002
Lipitor (Atorvastatin calcium) tablets Pfizer, Inc. DDMAC 8/12/2002 9/4/2002
Prevacid (lansoprazole) delayed release capsules TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. DDMAC 8/2/2002 9/4/2002
Zanaflex (Tizanidine HCL) tablets Elan Pharmaceuticals DDMAC 8/5/2002 9/4/2002

July 2002

Product Company Division Released Posted
Accutane (isotretinoin) capsules Hoffman-LaRoche Inc. DDMAC 7/25/2002 9/4/2002
Neurontin (gabapentin) Pfizer DDMAC 7/1/2002 7/18/2002

June 2002

Product Company Division Released Posted
Adipokinetix - Warning Letter Better-Bodies Compliance 6/12/2002 6/14/2002
Adrenalin - Warning Letter Muscle Lane, Inc. Compliance 6/12/2002 6/14/2002
Clinical Study Inspection - Warning Letter The Asthma and Allergy Institute DSI 6/11/2002 6/18/2002
Clinical Study Inspection - Warning Letter Comprehensive Clinical Research DSI 6/5/2002 6/18/2002
Hollywood Cuts - Warning Letter Scientifically Advanced Nutrition Compliance 6/12/2002 6/14/2002
Overdrive - Warning Letter Diabetes Tea Compliance 6/12/2002 6/14/2002
Phenylkinetics, Libido Magic - Warning Letter 21st Century Sports Nutrionals, Inc. Compliance 6/12/2002 6/14/2002
Lipodryl II - Warning Letter ThermoLife International Compliance 6/12/2002 6/14/2002
Ephedra or Ma Huang - Warning Letter Herbtech Compliance 6/12/2002 6/14/2002

May 2002

Product Company Division Released Posted
Imitrex (sumatriptan succinate) tablets  GlaxoSmithKline DDMAC 5/13/2002 5/21/2002
Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) capsules Hoffman-La Roche DDMAC 5/16/2002 6/7/2002

April 2002

Product Company Division Released Posted
Nicotine Lollipops - Warning Letter Ashland Drug Compliance 4/9/2002 5/21/2002
Nicotine Lollipops - Warning Letter The Compounding Pharmacy Compliance 4/9/2002 5/21/2002
Nicotine Lollipops - Warning Letter Bird's Hill Pharmacy Compliance 4/9/2002 5/21/2002
Zyrtec (cetirizine HCl) Tablets Pfizer Inc. DDMAC 4/30/2002 5/16/2002

March 2002

Product Company Division Released Posted
Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) tablets Gilead Sciences, Inc. DDMAC 3/14/2002 3/22/2002

January 2002

Product Company Division Released Posted
IC351 Lilly ICOS LLC DDMAC 1/3/2002 1/14/2002
Provigil (modafinil) tablets Cephalon Inc. DDMAC 1/3/2002 1/14/2002
Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) tablets Gilead Sciences, Inc. DDMAC 3/14/2002 3/22/2002
Xalatan (latanoprost ophthalmic solution) Pharmacia & Upjohn DDMAC 1/16/2002 2/20/2002
Xeloda (capecitabine) tablets Hoffman-La Roche DDMAC 1/9/2002 2/20/2002
Zanaflex (tizanidine HCl) tablets Elan Pharmaceuticals DDMAC 1/16/2002 2/20/2002

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Date created: January 11, 2006; updated January 22, 2003

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