{"id":57690,"date":"2025-08-10T13:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T13:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/57690\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T13:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T13:22:15","slug":"urgent-recall-issued-in-malta-for-specific-batch-of-ozempic-pens-over-possible-falsification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/57690\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent Recall Issued In Malta For Specific Batch Of Ozempic\u00ae Pens Over Possible Falsification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malta\u2019s health authorities have issued a National Patient Safety Alert after a pack of Ozempic\u00ae 1mg injection pens from a specific batch was suspected to be possibly falsified.<\/p>\n<p>The alert comes from Novo Nordisk\u00ae, the manufacturer of Ozempic\u00ae, which reported the issue to the Malta Medicines Authority. As a precautionary measure, a patient-level recall is now in place for:<\/p>\n<p>Ozempic\u00ae 1mg solution for injection in pre-filled pen<br \/>\nBatch number: PP5N682::RN287<br \/>\nExpiry date: 02\/2027<\/p>\n<p>No other batches are affected.<\/p>\n<p>If you have Ozempic\u00ae from this batch:<\/p>\n<p>Stop using it immediately<br \/>\nContact your pharmacy to verify the batch number<br \/>\nReturn the pack to the pharmacy where it was purchased<br \/>\nSpeak to your pharmacist or doctor for continuation of treatment<\/p>\n<p>The Superintendent of Public Health and the Malta Medicines Authority are working with all relevant stakeholders to ensure public safety.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions or concerns, get advice from your pharmacist or healthcare provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malta\u2019s health authorities have issued a National Patient Safety Alert after a pack of Ozempic\u00ae 1mg injection pens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[64,63,137,490],"class_list":{"0":"post-57690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-medication"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}