Defect in some Novo Nordisk NovoRapid and Saxenda prefilled pens

[Bruce Stephens]

Class 4 Medicines Defect Information: Novo Nordisk Limited, NovoRapid® FlexTouch® 100 units/ml, Saxenda® FlexTouch® (liraglutide) 6mg/ml, EL(22)A/33

Novo Nordisk Limited would like to notify you of a defect that affects specific batches of NovoRapid FlexTouch prefilled pen device and batches of Saxenda FlexTouch prefilled pen device in the UK.

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[helli]

Reading the description, hopefully, the defect should be obvious.
But yet another reason for reusable pens.

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Reading the description, hopefully, the defect should be obvious.
But yet another reason for reusable pens.

Oh yes,

The defect results in a non-functioning device where it is not possible to set a dose because the dose selector will spin freely, as such, click sounds will not be heard. Since a dose cannot be selected, the patient cannot inject a dose. A very small number of pens are affected – the average number of affected products is 2-3 pens per million pens. Based on the critical need for the products, they are not being recalled.​

 

[Lanny]

Thanks for this! Just got 2 boxes of NR with these dates but, not the same batch numbers. Checked them all anyway & the dials work so, a relief!