Product: Diovan (valsartan) 320 mg per tablet, 7 Tablets per bottle,  Rx only Physician Sample Not For Sale, Manufactured by: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Suffern, NY 10901 for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation East Hanover, NJ 07936, NDC # 0078-9360-07
Reason for recall: Chemical Contamination: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation has recalled physician sample bottles of Diovan, Exforge, Exforge HCT,Lescol XL, Stalevo, Tekturna and Tekturna HCT Tablets due to contamination with Darocur 1173 a photocuring agent used in inks on shrink-wrap sleeves.
Recall initiated: 20130808
Status: Terminated
Classification: Class II
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated