According to the manufacturer, the tool was stolen on June 3. Following the complaint, the authorities decided to prohibit its use “in order to protect potential purchasers and users of the products involved“.
The medical instrument that ANMAT banned
The national administration had Record of theft of the hand drill for surgery after the manufacturing company reported its subtraction last June 3rd. It is a product of the MEDTRONIC brand, model MIDAS REX MR8, whose serial number is SN12A47.
The serial number allows the units of the item available on the market to be identified unambiguously. The drill in question is used in neurosurgery practicesincluding: craniotomy, otorhinolaryngology, orthopedics, spinal surgery, maxillofacial, craniofacial and stereotomies.
With the aim of “protecting potential purchasers and users of the products involved, since these are individual units, the state and condition of which is unknown, since they have fallen outside the control and traceability of the owner firm, the present proceedings are being raised in order to suggest” the administration resolved to prohibit its use, marketing and distribution throughout the national territory.
ANMAT expanded the offer of over-the-counter medicines: find out which ones were added to the list
The National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) has been modifying the condition of prescription to over-the-counter sale of various drugs such as omeprazole, esmoprazole, pantoprazole and lansoprazole. Now, the agency has decided to expand the milligram range for the purchase of these gastric medications freely.
Through the Provision 8227/2024 Published last Thursday in the Official Gazette, the Administration stressed that the previous Provision 4171/2024 established the condition of over-the-counter sale of the therapeutic group that belongs to the group of active ingredients called “prazoles”, which include the IFAs: Omeprazole, Lansoprazole, Pantoprazole and Esomeprazole between 10 mg and 20 mg. However, the agency recommended that over-the-counter prescriptions do not exceed 30 tablets or capsules.
In the new text they report that they evaluated including the concentrations not included between 30 and 40 mgwith the exception of granting free sale status to those pharmaceutical forms sold under prescription for pediatric use that contain any of the proton pump inhibitors.
Source: Ambito
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