Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon Inc. issued a recall of 700,000 units of a liquid wound sealant in addition to a hernia-treatment device.
The company received reports from the field that the adhesive, called Dermabond, was discolored.
In a Feb. 2 letter (PDF) sent to customers to notify them of the voluntary recall, Ethicon said there have been no adverse events related to the issue. The recall covers 31 lots of the products for product codes DHV12 and DPP6.
The company also issued a recall of its Securestrap hernia repair surgical instrument, because its packaging might not be sterile, according to Dow Jones Newswires.
The two recalls are the second and third this week for the New Brunswick, N.J.-based medical products giant, which has been bedeviled by recall problems in nearly all of its divisions.
Yesterday news broke that Johnson & Johnson issued a recall for 70,000 syringes pre-filled with Invega Sustenna, an anti-psychotic drug, due to possible cracks. The cracks were discovered during a routine review, the company said in a letter (PDF) posted on its website.
J&J also suffered a welter of recalls for its over-the-counter medicine operation and its DePuy ASR hip implant, giving its bottom line a bruising during its most recent fiscal quarter.
