FDA advises health care professionals that counterfeit BiCNU has been discovered in some foreign countries
Comparison of the authentic BiCNU product vial to the counterfeit product vial Authentic BiCNU Vial Counterfeit Product Vial The authentic product has a blue flip top; the counterfeit product has a gray flip top The NDC number on the authentic product vial should end with -31, not -41 . [05/12/2016] The FDA is informing Health care professionals that a counterfeit version of the FDA approved cancer drug, BiCNU (carmustine for injection) 100 mg, has been detected in some foreign countries . There is no indication at this time that counterfeit BiCNU has entered the legitimate U.S. drug supply chain and no indication that any U.S. patients have received counterfeit BiCNU. The authentic product is approved to treat different types of brain cancer, multiple myeloma,...