Cubist Pharmaceuticals Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Nine Lots of CUBICIN (daptomycin for injection) 500 mg in 10 mL single use vials Following Complaints of Foreign Particulate Matter in Reconstituted Vials

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Title: Cubist Pharmaceuticals Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Nine Lots of CUBICIN (daptomycin for injection) 500 mg in 10 mL single use vials Following Complaints of Foreign Particulate Matter in Reconstituted Vials

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Cubist Pharmaceuticals Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Nine Lots of CUBICIN (daptomycin for injection) 500 mg in 10 mL single use vials Following Complaints of Foreign Particulate Matter in Reconstituted Vials

08/09/2014 08:51 AM EDT

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) today announced it is voluntarily recalling nine lots of CUBICIN (daptomycin for injection) to the user level following complaints of foreign particulate matter in reconstituted vials. The administration of particulate matter, if present in an intravenous drug, poses a potential safety risk to patients such as a thromboembolism or a life-threatening pulmonary embolism.

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