A four-year assessment of the characteristics of Rwandan FDA drug recalls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A drug recall is an act of removing products from the market and/or returning them to the manufacturer for disposal or correction when they violate safety laws. Action can be initiated by the manufacturing company or by the order of a regulatory body. This study aimed to assess the characteristics of Rwanda FDA drug recall and determine the association between classes of recall and recall characteristics.

Methodology

This was a retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study. Data about recalled drugs were collected from the official website of the Rwanda FDA in the section assigned to "Safety alerts". The search included data reported between February 2019 and February 2023 covering four years. Data cleaning was conducted in Microsoft Excel to address missing dat

SUBMITTER: Bahizi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11223409 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature