Eli Lilly and Company issues a voluntary nationwide recall of one lot of GLUCAGON® Emergency Kit due to Loss of Potency. Warning – A person with severe hypoglycemia who injects this faulty formulation will experience worsening hypoglycemia.

Eli Lilly and Company is voluntarily recalling lot D239382D, Expiration April 2022, of Glucagon Emergency Kit for Low Blood Sugar (Glucagon for Injection, 1 mg per vial; Diluent for Glucagon, 1 mL syringe).

Loss of Potency due to manufacturing process issue

The Eli Lilly injectable glucagon kit (pictured here), usually contains a syringe with diluent and a vial with powdered glucagon. The user needs to put the diluent into the vial with the powdered glucagon and reconstitute it before injecting it.

However, a product complaint from a user found that the vial of Glucagon was in liquid form instead of powder form. Associated with this useful product complaint, the patient who was given this glucagon vial content, experienced worsening hypoglycemia and also reported subsequent seizures.

The use of the liquid form of this product may fail to treat severe low blood sugar due to loss of potency.

It is well known that severe hypoglycemia in people with diabetes, if not promptly treated and reversed, can potentially cause adverse health consequences ranging from transient, minor complaints to neurological damage, seizures, and even death. Eli Lilly’s investigation indicates that the liquid in this Glucagon vial could be related to a problem with the manufacturing process.

Please help get the word out

The Eli Lilly Glucagon product is packaged in a kit containing 1mg of freeze-dried (lyophilized) product in a 3 mL vial and a pre-filled diluent syringe. The affected Glucagon Emergency Kit lot is D239382D and the expiration date is April 2022 (label expiry date: 04 2022). The lot number can be found on the label of the kit as well as the vial (refer to the complete FDA warning below). The lot was distributed nationwide to wholesalers and retailers.

Contact Info for Consumers

Consumers in possession of Glucagon Emergency Kit lot D239382D should contact The Lilly Answers Center at 1-800-LILLYRX (1-800-545-5979) for return and replacement instructions for the product (hours of operation are Monday- Friday, 9AM – 7PM EST) and should contact their health care provider for guidance. Consumers should contact their physician or healthcare provider if they have experienced any problems that may be related to taking or using this product.

Lilly is notifying its distributors and customers by written communication and is arranging for the return and replacement of all recalled products. Wholesalers and Distributors with an existing inventory of Glucagon Emergency Kit lot D239382D should cease distribution and quarantine the product immediately.

Read complete FDA Announcement Here

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