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On average, 4500 drugs and medical devices are pulled from shelves across the United States each year, because of product recalls. Drugs can be recalled, because of a variety of reasons, including issues involving drug contamination, safety, changes in potency or mislabeling. Although recalls aim to protect the public from potentially harmful products, for some of these drugs, more than 100 million prescriptions have been issued prior to being withdrawn from the market.
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