In a shocking incident, it has been revealed that the world’s biggest drug company, Pfizer, has summoned up in excess of 1 million packs of contraceptive pills following a recent disclosure in which it was revealed that the birth-control pills were muddled up in packs. As a result, claims are being made that a large number of women might be at the risk of unwanted or unintended pregnancy.

As per recent reports, the company has recalled around 14 lots of tablets dubbed Lo/Ovral-28 along with 14 other lots of a medicine which is reportedly the generic version of the drug.

Yesterday, the New York-based drug giant admitted the bungle and confirmed that all the suspected lots of both the medicines have been recalled at earliest.

Reports have added that in excess of 1mn packages of 28 pills were withdrawn over suspicions.

In an e-mail, a Spokesperson for the drug manufacturer, Grace Ann Arnold, revealed, “An investigation by Pfizer found that some blister packs may contain an inexact count of inert or active ingredient- tablets and that the tablets may be out of sequence”.

The pills, which were developed and packed by Pfizer, were reportedly marketed by the Cranford-based Akrimax Rx Products under the tag of Akrimax Pharmaceuticals.

However, Arnold has claimed that no complaint of any harmful effect of the mixed up drugs have been reported as of now. The lots recalled by the company mainly contain packs of 21 white pills containing the synthetic hormones ethinyl estradiol and norgestrel, and the pills are meant to be taken for 21 successive days. The rest seven pills are inactive pink tablets meant to be taken for a week.

The company said that the blunder was “identified and corrected immediately”, though admitted that the consumption of incorrect dosage can result in causing unintended pregnancy.