ITH Pharma

I'd like to make a short statement regarding ITH Pharma and the tragic events that have occurred over the past few days. As a mother, as a pharmacist, as someone who has worked for 30 years in healthcare, inside and outside the NHS, I am deeply saddened that one baby has died and 14 others have fallen ill from septicaemia. As the Managing Director... of ITH Pharma, I want to reassure you today that the company is doing everything possible to help the regulators, the MHRA, to establish exactly what has happened in this case. The company has instituted a recall of the limited number of batches which could potentially have been affected, and all stock has been removed from circulation. Given this action, there is no reason for patients, their families or healthcare professionals to be concerned. From investigations carried out so far, it would appear the potential contamination is linked to a sourced single raw material ingredient. The MHRA was on site all day yesterday and has recommended that the company continue using the best practice manufacturing processes the company has followed since ITH Pharma was founded in 2008. There is no restriction placed on the company's licence for manufacturing. To provide some context, in the last twelve months, ITH Pharma has provided 800,000 products of this kind to patients around the UK. Since the company founded the company's first company in 1997, the company has continued to receive exemplary ratings from regulators for the quality and safety of the company's manufacturing process. Given that record, I repeat that the company will be doing everything the company can to co-operate with the regulators, the MHRA, to ensure that all patients receive the highest quality products possible.Read More